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Woolbrook Russet
type: Cooking
identification: Large, round with flattened ends. Marked with russet lenticels which are raised, giving the otherwise smooth surface a rough feel. The skin is green and washedbrownish red on the sun exposed face. The eye is medium to large and partly open, set in a shallow and wide basin. The stem is short, slender and set in a medium deep, funnel shaped cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is greenish white, coarse grained. Juicy and sweet?tart mellowing in storage. .
uses: cookingx
origins: J.H. Stevens & Son 1903 Woolbrook Nursery, Sidmouth — Bramley s Seedling x Kings Acre Pippin, 1903, J. H. Stevens & Son, Woolbrook Nursery, Sidmouth, Devon, England, introduced, 1930 NFC: Raised in 1903 by J.H.Stevens & Son, Woolbrook Nursery, Sidmouth, Devon, England and introduced by them. First fruited in 1912. Received an Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1930. Bramley’s Seedling (female) ? King’s Acre Pippin (male)
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, upright spreading tree. Bears fruit on spurs. Ready for harvest in the second half of the second period. Resistant to scab.
cold storage: Keeps up to two months in cold storage.
cold storage weeks: 8
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