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Rosemary Russet
type: Eating
synonyms: Benskin’s Russet, Buzzan, Rosemary, Rosemary Apple
identification: Medium size or smaller, wide conic. The skin is yellowish green with a pale red blush on the sun exposed face and covered with a thin russet coat. The calyx is small and closed, set in a narrow, lightly puckered basin. The stem is long, stout and set in a wide cavity which has rays of fine russet extending onto the shoulder and sometimes becoming a network on the faces.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, fine-grained, tender and crisp. Very juicy and sweet, somewhat brisk with a sour candy flavour.
uses: Eating apple
origins: A Middlesex (U.K.) variety first documented by Hugh Ronalds in 1831 in his book, "Pyrus Malus Brentfordiensis."
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, upright tree. Bears fruit on spurs. Produces good crops
cold storage: Keeps up to four months.
harvest: Over a span of several weeks starting early in the fourth period.
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 10
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 16
harvest period: 4
hardiness: 3
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