English Russet
- From
- Putnam County
- Description
- Within recent years it has been in good demand for export trade, bringing relatively better prices in Europe than in America. It is not very good for cooking, but has the reputation of making excep- tionally good cider.
- Flesh quality
- firm, rather crisp, tender, fine-grained, somewhat aromatic, pleasant, mild subacid, good
- Flesh color
- yellow, white
- Skin quality
- tough, takes a good polish, russet
- Skin color
- yellow, green, gold russeted
- Sizes
- below medium
- Shape
- unequal sides, ribbed, round, conical
- Keeping quality
- one of the best known
- General quality
- Not especially attractive in color nor high in quality
- Uses
- cider
- Eating season starts in
- January
- Eating season ends in
- May
- Also known as
- Poughkeepsie Russet
- Winter Russet
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Spencer A. Beach, The Apples of New York, vol. 1 (Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, 1905), 102.