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Aromatic Russet (Scott)
type: Dessert
summary: Promoted by J. Scott Nursery of Somerset during the 1900s, but likely the same apple as one described by British pomologist George Lindley in 1831. Please see Aromatic Russet and also Cornish Aromatic .
identification: Medium size, somewhat conical, but flattened at the ends. The skin base colour is green covered with a network of golden russeting. The stem is short and set in a deep, round cavity.
characteristics: Greenish white flesh is firm and crisp. Juicy and sweet-sharp. Highly aromatic.
origins: A Nonpareil-style apple possibly a seedling of the Aromatic Russet which was widely grown in Britain in the first half of the 1800s. It was promoted by J. Scott Nursery of Somerset (U.K.) during the mid-1900s.
cold storage: Keeps up to four months in storage.
harvest: In the middle of the fifth period.
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 8
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 16
harvest period: 5
hardiness: 4
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