Brownlees' Russet
syn. Brownlee Russet, Brownlee's graue Reinette, Brownlee's Russet, Brownlee's Seedling Russet, Brownlees, Brownlees graue Reinette, Brownlees Russet, Brownlees Seedling Russet, Brownlees-Reinette, Brownlees' Renette, Brownlees' Seedling Russet, Brownlees's Russet, Brownley's Russet, Reinette Grise Brownlees', Reinette grise de Brownlee, Reinette grise de Brownlees, Renet seryi Braunlis
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised in England and introduced by William Brownlees of Hemel Hempstead in about 1848. Fruits are juicy and somewhat acid, with a pleasant nutty flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 3rd May (10%) · 9th May (full) · 15th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Width
- 63.00 mm
- Height
- 50.00 mm
- Russet
- high-very high
- Over colour
- Brown
- Flesh colour
- Greenish
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
Source · National Fruit Collection
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