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Webb's Kitchen Russet

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Recorded 1872.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Mid October
Flowering
6th May (10%) · 11th May (full) · 19th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
subacid, sweet
Ribbing
ribbed at eye and on body
Fruit size
medium to large
Fruit shape
variable, intermediate, rectangular to truncate-conic, convex to straight
Over colour
some red flush
Russet type
netted and solid russet
Flesh colour
greenish cream
Flesh texture
fine, soft
Ground colour
greenish yellow
NFC characterisation
Size
medium-large
Type
Dessert
Crown
medium
Shape
Broad globose conical
Ribbing
weak-medium
Firmness
soft
Coarseness
fine
Over colour
Red
Flesh colour
Cream
Ground colour
Green yellow
Over colour amount
low
Over colour pattern
solid flush

Source · National Fruit Collection

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