Golden Russet of Western New York
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 2 accessions
Thought to be of English origin. It has been known since the mid 1700s. Fruits have fine-textured, firm, rather dry flesh with a sweet and pleasant nutty flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession 1952-120 · Golden Russet of Western New York
- Picking time
- Early October
- Flowering
- 30th April (10%) · 7th May (full) · 14th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- medium
- Shape
- Globose conical
- Width
- 69.09 mm
- Height
- 64.12 mm
- Russet
- high-very high
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Juiciness
- dry
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour amount
- absent
- Over colour pattern
- washed out
Accession 1978-308 · Golden Russet of Western New York
- Picking time
- early october
- Flowering
- 29th April (10%) · 6th May (full) · 13th May (petal fall)
No descriptor data recorded for this accession.
Source · National Fruit Collection
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