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  • From: Scott Smith <scott@cs.jhu.edu>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [NAFEX] russet apple varieties
  • Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:03:46 -0500

Many of my favorite apples are russets, and I never met a russet I didn't like. Here are ones that have fruited for me, roughly in order of how interested I am in them now.

Swayzie - this apple is supposedly similar to Pomme Gris. I have not gotten many fruits but the few have been excellent. Here are my notes this year: more interesting than Roxbury. Not as dry and has a pleasant flavor, a cross between a "nutty" (Egremont) and an "aromatic" (Freyburg).

Pitmaston Pineapple - Taste is excellent, more flavor than Egremont Russet. Needs to mellow off the tree for a bit. Has more sugars than other russets. Roxbury Russet I would call similar, but PP is ahead of RR - more sugars/sours and more flavor. Small size is the primary detraction here.

Golden Nugget - Sweet rich and mellow. This is the earliest russet I have, mid-August, which gives me a higher appreciation for it.

Egremont Russet - This apple is not as sour as most of the other russets and has an interesting nutty taste. The flesh is a bit dry.

Roxbury Russet - it excels at the sweet/sour flavor. I have never noticed any strange flavor in it, it is always a good apple and a very good cropper as well.

Scott




  • [NAFEX] russet apple varieties, Scott Smith, 12/11/2008

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