Herefordshire Russet
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised in 1975 by Mr Hugh Ermen, Faversham, Kent. Introduced in 2003 by Frank P. Matthews Ltd., Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire. Fruits are crisp with a sweet subacid flavour
Material in the National Fruit Collection not currently available.
- Picking time
- Late September
- Flowering
- 30th April (10%) · 2nd May (full) · 10th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- weak
- Shape
- Globose conical
- Width
- 63.68 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 57.38 mm
- Russet
- high-very high
- Ribbing
- weak
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour amount
- very low
- Over colour pattern
- washed out
Source · National Fruit Collection
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