Royal Somerset

Apple

Origin/History

Not described in source.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size and Form: Medium, roundish oblate.

Skin: Pale yellow, with broken streaks of red showing in the sun.

Flesh: Yellowish, tender, juicy, with a pleasant subacid flavor.

Core/Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

November to March.

Uses

Cooking.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

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Royal Somerset. Fruit medium, roundish oblate, pale yellow, with broken streaks of red in the sun. Flesh yellowish, tender, juicy, pleasant subacid November to March. Cooking. (Hogg.)

— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

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