| 'English Russet' apple | |
|---|---|
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| Genus | Malus |
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Cultivar | 'English Russet' |
| Origin | unknown [1] |
'English Russet' is an old cultivar of domesticated apple which keeps exceptionally well in storage. [1] It is a russet apple that makes good cider, is used fresh, but is not very useful as a cooking apple. [1] It has frequently been confounded with 'Golden Russet', which is sometimes known as 'English Golden Russet'. [2]
The 'Roxbury Russet' is an apple cultivar, believed to be the oldest apple cultivar bred in the United States, having first been discovered and named in the mid-17th century in the former Town of Roxbury, part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony southwest of Boston. It is known by several other names including 'Boston Russet', 'Putnam Russet', and 'Sylvan Russet'.
The Jonathan apple is a medium-sized sweet apple, with a touch of acid and a tough but smooth skin. It is closely related to the Esopus Spitzenburg apple, good for eating fresh and for cooking.
Winesap is an old apple cultivar of unknown origin, dating at least to American colonial times. Its apples are sweet with a tangy finish. They are used for eating, cooking, and cider.
The Newtown Pippin, also known as Albemarle Pippin, is an American apple that originated in the late 17th or early 18th century and is still cultivated on a small scale. At one time, there were two very similar apple cultivars known as the 'Yellow Newtown' and 'Green Newtown', one of which perhaps originated as a sport of the other.
A 'Stayman' is a triploid apple cultivar developed in 1866 by Joseph Stayman of Leavenworth County, Kansas; it was sold by nurseries from 1895. 'Stayman' apples remain a locally popular cultivar of apples where grown.
'Tompkins King' is a triploid cultivar of apple, also called 'King' or 'King of Tompkins County'. It was thought to have originated at Jacksonville in Tompkins County, New York, but Liberty Hyde Bailey investigated the tree there, and discovered that it was grafted. The cultivar was apparently brought from Warren County, New Jersey in 1804.
Yellow Bellflower is a cultivar of domesticated apple that originated in New Jersey. It has many other names including "Belle Flavoise" and "Lincoln Pippin". It is probably the best known of a group of apple cultivars referred to as the yellow bellflower group, with fruit that are generally elongated, with largely yellow skin. Along with the Yellow Bellflower, the Ortley is the oldest of the group.
Manks Codlin is an early cultivar selected from the domesticated apple that were growing at Isle of Man. It has many other names, including 'Winter Saint Lawrence' and 'Eva'. It first fruited in 1815. This cultivar is considered particularly cold hardy and well suited to exposed sites and poor soils.
Golden Russet is an old American cultivar of domesticated apple which is excellent for fresh eating as well as for apple cider production. It is a russet apple and is therefore especially used as a cider apple. It is sometimes known as 'English Golden Russet', and has frequently been confused with 'English Russet'.
Reinette du Canada or Canadian Reinette is, despite its name, an old French cultivar of domesticated apple. It is a reinette type of golden apple, with much russeting, which keeps shape in cooking and is mainly used for that purpose especially in apple strudel.
Wolf River is an American cultivar of domesticated apple, which originates from the shores of the Wolf River of Wisconsin, in the United States of America, known since 1875. The tree is exceptionally frost hardy and generally disease resistant, and thus keeps well in storage. The fruit usually ripens mid-September to early October. It is large, commonly weighing over a pound, and fairly sweet with a distinctive red and yellow appearance. It has many culinary uses, as it keeps its shape well when cooked.
The Black Gilliflower is an apple cultivar also called simply 'Gilliflower', believed to have originated in the US in the 18th century.
'Detroit Red' is a variable apple cultivar, possibly the same as 'Detroit Black', that gives fruit of mediocre quality, somewhat unreliably or biennially. It was grown at Monticello by Thomas Jefferson.
The 'Swazie' apple, also called 'Pomme Grise d'Or', possibly the same as 'Golden Gray', is a high-quality small to medium-sized apple that keeps well through the winter. The original tree appeared near Niagara-on-the-Lake at the plant nursery of Isaac Swayze.
Ortley is a cultivar of domesticated apple that originated in New Jersey. It has many other names including "Cleopatra" and "Jersey Greening". The fruit is similar to the Yellow Bellflower.
The 'Golden Reinette' is a cultivar of domesticated apple that is also known as the 'English Pippin'.
The 'White Winter Pearmain' apple cultivar, also known as 'White Pearmain' and 'Cambellite', is a dessert apple that has been known since before 1850.
Maiden Blush or Maiden's Blush, also called Lady Blush and Red Cheek, is an apple cultivar used for both fresh eating and for cooking. It was previously a popular apple for drying, for which it is especially well suited due to its low juice content.
Hawley is a large yellow apple cultivar that is used for eating fresh. Although the fruit are delicious, the tree is not very productive, and the fruit are often blemished or rot at the core. It is therefore good as a home orchard tree, but not commercially profitable. The Hawthornden apple has also been incorrectly known as Hawley.
'Sops of Wine' refers to two similar old English apple cultivars that have flesh stained with dark red, looking like bread soaked in wine. One of them is also known as 'Rode Wyn Appel' and 'Sapson'. They have also been known as 'Shropshirevine', 'Strawberry', and 'Washington'.
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