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Hunt's Russet
type: Cider, Eating, Pie
synonyms: Hunt Russet, Fay's Russet, Russet Pearmain. Also called Golden Russet, but this name is used to denote both the English Golden Russet and Golden Russet, American ; it is also used extensively as a synonym for a variety of russetted apples.
summary: This old heritage apple dates back to colonial America. Like most russets, it has a sweet, nutty, pear flavour that continues to develop as it matures in storage.
identification: Medium size, sometimes smaller. Oblong to somewhat conic shape. The base colour is yellow, washed red and marked with large, raised russetted lenticels. Almost completely covered with a bronze russet. The stem is slender and short, extending only slightly out of wide and moderately deep cavity. The calyx is medium size, usually partly open and set in a shallow, moderately wide, pleated basin. The skin is rather thick
characteristics: The flesh is light cream colour, fine-grained and tender. Moderately juicy, sweet-sharp with pear flavours. Can be very sweet some years.
uses: This excellent sweet-tart russet stands as a fine eating apple, also wonderful for pies and used for cider.
origins: According to S.A. Beach in "The Apples of New York" (published 1903) the apples were grown on the Hunt farm, located about a kilometre and a half north of Concord, Massachusetts (U.S.A.). "Mr. Wm. H. Hunt, to whom we are indebted for these apples, states that the variety originated at least 150 years ago, and adds that it was once considered a profitable market apple but is so no longer." Though it had a good following right through to the early 1900s, it rapidly fell out of favour with the onslaught of more modern varieties and was, through most of its area no longer considered profitable and slated to be destroyed to make room for commercial cultivars. Fortunately, enough Hunt's Russet trees prevailed to keep the cultivar available for North American orchardists.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, upright spreading. Spur bearer.
cold storage: Keeps four months or longer, mellowing as it ages. Has been known to keep up to a year.
vulnerabilities: Prone to fire blight.
harvest: Ready for harvest after the start of the fifth period.
notes: This is one of a handful of apples commonly referred to as Golden Russet.
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 16
harvest period: 5
hardiness: 3
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