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Brownlees Russet apple trees

Malus domestica
Brownlees Russet is listed in the RHS Plants for Pollinators
  • Picking season: Late
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 3
Brownlees Russet is a high quality late-season dessert russet apple.
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Brownlees Russet is a classic English russet apple from the Victorian era. It has the traditional firm flesh and sweet fruity flavour often associated with russets.

It is primarily a dessert apple, but can be used in the kitchen too, and the juice quality is very good,

The apples ripen in the late season, and also store well.

Brownlees Russet also has notably attractive spring blossom.

History

Brownlees Russet was introduced around 1848 by William Brownlees of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. It's ancestry is not known.

Brownlees Russet characteristics

Growing

  • Gardening skillBeginner
  • Self-fertilitySelf-fertile
  • Flowering group3
  • Pollinating othersAverage
  • Climate suitabilityTemperate climatesMild damp climates

Using

  • Picking seasonLate
  • CroppingGood
  • Keeping (of fruit)3 months or more
  • Food usesEating freshCulinaryJuice

Problems

  • Disease resistanceGood

Identification

  • Country of originUnited Kingdom
  • Period of origin1800 - 1849
  • Blossom colourPink
  • Fruit colourRusset