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Golden Russet apple trees

Pick: Late-season Flowering group: 2 Uses: Eat fresh | Cookery | Juicing | Cider

Golden Russet is usually considered to have the best flavour of all American russet apples.

It is a versatile apple and was grown in New England on a commercial basis in the 19th century. Today it retains a keen following for the excellent quality of its juice, which can be used for making American style "hard cider".

Order now for delivery September 2013 onwards

Golden Russet apple trees for sale

Mature height*	Supplied as	Price** inc. delivery	Quantity required
Bare-root fruit trees (Deliveries start November 2013)
Full size (5m+)	Standard 1.75m - Bare-root - M25 rootstock	£36.00

**All prices include delivery. We offer a discount on orders of multiple bare-root trees for delivery at the same time - this will be shown at the checkout.

Delivery period: Pot-grown trees can be delivered from September onwards. Bare-root trees can be delivered from mid-November onwards. Within those periods you can specify your preferred month of delivery during the checkout process. It is best to order as soon as you can to ensure items are reserved for you.

*Mature heights: Height shown is the approximate height of the tree when mature (after 5-10 years), not the height when supplied. See photos of trees as supplied. Actual mature heights may vary considerably dependent on your local conditions and training and pruning regime - see our Tree Height Calculator.

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Summary features of Golden Russet

Growing

Gardening skill: Average(explain)
Cropping: Good
Fertility: Not self-fertile(explain)
Flowering group: 2(explain)
Pollinating others: Average(explain)
Ploidy: Diploid(explain)
Vigour: Large(explain)
Bearing regularity: Regular(explain)
Fruit bearing: Tip-bearer(explain)
Fruit persistence: Normal ripening(explain)
Overall disease resistance: Average(explain)
Scab: Some resistance(explain)
Cedar apple rust: Some susceptibility(explain)

Uses

Picking season: Late(explain)
Use / keeping: 3 months or more(explain)
Flavour quality: Very good(explain)
Flavour style: Sweeter
Good for eating fresh
Good for cooking
Good for juice
Good for hard cider
Cooking result: Keeps shape
Drying / Discoloring: No discolor / Good for drying(explain)

Identification

Country of origin: United States
Period of origin: 1800 - 1849
Fruit colour: Russet
Blossom colour: White
Leaf colour: Green
Popular variety

Climate

Cold hardiness: -30F / -34C(explain)

Pollination guide for Golden Russet

Golden Russet is in flowering group 2. Golden Russet is self-sterile and needs to be pollinated by another tree of a different variety nearby.

How to grow Golden Russet apple trees

Golden Russet produces a moderately vigorous tree, and is resistant to scab.

The main feature of Golden Russet is that it is a tip-bearer, with the apples borne on the ends of shoots rather than spurs. Therefore keep winter pruning to a minimum.

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Historical details

New York, mid-19th century, possibly related to an English russet variety.

Botanical name

Malus domestica Golden Russet

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Golden Russet apple trees for sale

Bare-root fruit trees (Deliveries start November 2013)

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Summary features of Golden Russet

Growing

Uses

Identification

Climate

Pollination guide for Golden Russet

How to grow Golden Russet apple trees

Varieties with similar picking times to Golden Russet

Historical details

Botanical name

Malus domestica Golden Russet

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