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Old Varieties https://oldvarieties.com/contents1a Celebrating and remembering old fruit and vegetable varieties Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:22:22 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Apple – Egremont Russet https://oldvarieties.com/contents1a/2009/09/apple-egremont-russet/ Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:22:22 +0000 http://oldvarieties.com/contents1a/?p=247 The Egremont Russet apple is a classic English Victorian variety, originating in England in 1872.  Believed to have been raised by the Earl of Egremont in Petworth, Sussex, England.

Egremont Russet
Egremont Russet

This medium sized desert apple has a dull golden skin flecked with yellow and is the third most common apple in cultivation in England and Wales.

The flesh of the Egremont Russet is quite dry but juicy with a  sharp-sweet, delicately “nutty” flavour. The flesh becomes drier with keeping.




Uses: Desert
Parents: Unknown
Flowers: Mid May
Picking: October
Natural Storage: October to December.

The Egremont Russet can be found growing in the orchards of Acorn Bank House, Temple Sowerby, Cumbria.
Young trees available from Adams Apples

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