Egremont Russet
syn. Egremont
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Thought to have originated in England. It was first recorded in 1872. Fruits have firm, fine-textured, rather dry flesh with a rich, nutty flavour. It is probably the most important commercial russet in the UK at the present time.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Late September
- Flowering
- 30th April (10%) · 7th May (full) · 14th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- sweet, aromatic, distinctive
- Ribbing
- not, or slightly ribbed
- Fruit size
- medium
- Fruit shape
- intermediate, rectangular to truncate-conic, convex
- Fruit width
- 63 mm
- Over colour
- flushed golden brown
- Russet type
- nearly covered with russet
- Flesh colour
- cream, tinged green
- Fruit height
- 51 mm
- Flesh texture
- compact, firm
- Ground colour
- yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Russet
- high-very high
- Ribbing
- absent
- Firmness
- firm
- Over colour
- Brown
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Yellow
- Over colour pattern
- solid flush
Source · National Fruit Collection
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