Golden Russet
- From
- New York
- Description
- Among the russets which are grown in Central and Western New York the Golden Russet ranks second only to Roxbury in commercial importance.
- Flesh quality
- rather fine-grained, moderately crisp, tender, juicy, rich, agreeably subacid, aromatic, very good.
- Flesh color
- yellow
- Skin quality
- thick, moderately tender, russet mottled
- Skin color
- green russeted, yellow russeted
- Sizes
- above medium, below medium
- Shape
- round, oblate, uniform, conical, angular, elliptical
- Keeping quality
- fair
- General quality
- good
- Uses
- market, cider, kitchen
- Eating season starts in
- December
- Eating season ends in
- April
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Spencer A. Beach, The Apples of New York, vol. 1 (Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, 1905), 125.