Longney Russet
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Recorded 1796. Origin: Gloucestershire. Well known in the village of Longney.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 10th May (10%) · 15th May (full) · 24th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- medium-large
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Width
- 70.00 mm
- Height
- 60.50 mm
- Russet
- very high
- Ribbing
- medium
- Firmness
- firm-very firm
- Juiciness
- dry
- Coarseness
- fine
- Over colour
- Dark Red
- Flesh colour
- Greenish
Source · National Fruit Collection
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