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Merton Russet

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Raised in 1921 at the John Innes Horticultural Institute, Merton, England by M.B.Crane. It was named in 1943. Fruits have firm, crisp, tender flesh with a sweet subacid flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Mid October
Flowering
3rd May (10%) · 9th May (full) · 16th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Size
medium
Type
Dessert
Shape
Truncate conical
Width
57.00 mm
Crunch
crisp
Height
54.00 mm
Russet
high-very high
Ribbing
weak
Firmness
firm
Greasiness
Weak
Over colour
Red
Flesh colour
Yellowish
Ground colour
Yellow

Source · National Fruit Collection

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