Golden Russet

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Dessert

Introduced

1840

Origin

Hampton Falls, N.H., United States

Measured Phenotype

Brix: 21.2 °Bx
Titratable acidity: 4.72 g/L
Juice pH: 3.60
Fruit height: 64.1 mm
Fruit width: 69.1 mm

Each value is the highest-precedence :Assertion attached to this cultivar; full provenance (year, evidence type, confidence) is preserved in the graph.

Golden Russet is a long-keeping russet apple grown primarily in Central and Western New York, where it ranks second only to Roxbury in commercial importance. The fruit is below-medium to medium in size, smooth and uniform, with a golden or bronze-tinted russet skin. The flesh is fine-grained, crisp, juicy, and aromatic with an agreeable subacid flavor; it is excellent for dessert, cooking, cider, and evaporated stock, and stores well from December through April or later.

Flavor & Texture

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Best Uses

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7 historical watercolors from the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection (1886–1942) included in the gallery above. Public domain.

Lineage

Parents

Baldwin

Offspring

Merton Delight Oxford Hoard Folwell

Where to Pick

Apple Barrel OrchardsYates County
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Freedom Run WineryNiagara County
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LynOaken FarmsOrleans County
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Buried Barrel Hard CiderWyoming County
Castile Cider MillWyoming County
Rootstock Cider & SpiritsWayne County
Three Falls CiderWyoming County
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Hurd OrchardsOrleans County
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Lagoner Farms / Embark Craft Ciderworks

Origin & History

Status: commercial
Origin type: sport mutation
Original breeder: Aaron Sanborn
First introduced: 1849

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References

USDA-NPGS: PI 589892
UK National Fruit Collection: 2372
Wikidata: Q19597352
Cited authority (Hogg 1851): Ray