Gibbon's Russet
syn. Gibson's Russet
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Originated from Cork, Ireland. It was recorded in 1897. Fruits have firm, tender, fine flesh with a sweet, slightly aromatic flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Late August
- Flowering
- 6th May (10%) · 12th May (full) · 20th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- sweet, slightly aromatic
- Ribbing
- not ribbed
- Fruit size
- medium
- Fruit shape
- intermediate to flat, rectangular to truncate-conic, convex
- Fruit width
- 57 mm
- Over colour
- slight orange or pink flush
- Russet type
- russet dots and veins, rough russet round eye
- Flesh colour
- very white
- Fruit height
- 45 mm
- Flesh texture
- firm, tender, fine
- Ground colour
- yellowish white
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- very weak
- Shape
- Flat globose
- Width
- 65.31 mm
- Height
- 52.48 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Firmness
- firm
- Coarseness
- fine
- Greasiness
- Medium
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour amount
- low
- Over colour pattern
- washed out
Source · National Fruit Collection
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