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Merton Russet
Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.
Dessert
Measured Phenotype
- Brix
- 16.7 °Bx
- Fruit height
- 54.0 mm
- Fruit width
- 57.0 mm
source: GRIN
source: NFC
source: NFC
Each value is the highest-precedence :Assertion attached to this cultivar; full provenance (year, evidence type, confidence) is preserved in the graph.
Merton Russet is an English dessert apple from 1948 with Sturmer Pippin and Cox Orange parentage. It has sweet, subacid flesh and is known for its attractive blossom.
Flavor & Texture
sweetsubacid
Best Uses
fresh_eating
Lineage
References
- USDA-NPGS
- PI 199008
- UK National Fruit Collection
- 3940
- Wikidata
- Q41779409