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Albion Russet
type: Cider, Eating
identification: Small tending to medium size. Base colour is green progressing to tan, over which is extensive, pale olive russetting over the entire apple.
characteristics: Lime flavour. Sugar content as high as Brix 21.
uses: An excellent eating apple and recommended for use in cider due to its high sugar content.
origins: A chance seedling found roadside near Albion, State of Maine (U.S.A.) in the late 1900s.
cold storage: Keeps well for about three months.
harvest: Flavours and texture peak towards the middle of the fifth period.
notes: Resembles a Golden Russet
juice character: Sweet
pollination group: F
pollination peak: 18
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 12
brix: 21
harvest period: 5
flowers: White.
hardiness: 4
sg: 1.0874
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