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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

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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)