Russet Pearmain
Apple
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection
Russet Pearmain
Origin / History
An old variety from Connecticut (Downing).
Tree
Moderately vigorous, productive.
Fruit
Size: Medium.
Form: Roundish conical.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Not described in source.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Yellow, mostly covered with russet, with a brownish red cheek (Downing). Thomas gives a greenish yellow ground with faint red stripes.
Dots: Not described in source.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh yellowish, juicy, tender, breaking; flavor rich, brisk, fine subacid. Downing rates it "Good."
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
December to March, or through winter.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 2 period pomological works
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Russet Pearmain.
An old variety from Connecticut. Tree moderately vigorous, productive.
Fruit medium, roundish conical, yellow, mostly covered with russet, and a brownish red cheek. Flesh yellowish, breaking, rich, brisk subacid. Good. December to March.
— John J. Thomas, The American Fruit Culturist (1903)Russet Pearmain. Size medium, roundish-conical; faint red stripes on greenish yellow ground; flesh juicy, tender, rich, fine sub-acid flavor. Through winter.