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No. 33 



GOLDEN RUSSET. 



This is the Golden Russet of 

 Western New York. (It is some- 

 times incorrectly called American 

 Golden Russet, which is a tender 

 fleshed apple, only keeping until 

 January). This apple is very 

 valuable in the colder sections of 

 the Ontario apple belt, the tree 

 being comparatively hardy, and 

 the fruit of high commercial 

 value; in the warmer sections it 

 is considerably grown in the 

 older orchards, but not much 

 planted of late years, because it 

 is only of medium size, tedious to 

 harvest, and inclined to drop 

 early. 



GOLDEN RUSSET. 



TREE: fairly vigorous, shoots 

 slender, or willowy, speckled; 

 habit irregular; fairly productive. 



FRUIT : size medium; form 

 roundish, slightly oblong, slightly 

 flattened; skin covered with thick 

 russet, occasionally showing a 

 patch of greenish yellow; stem 

 slender, half an inch to one inch 

 long; not subject to scab. 



FLESH: color yellowish, texture 

 fine grained, firm, crisp; flavor 

 aromatic, subacid. 



SECTION OF GOLDEN RUSSET. 



QUALITY: dessert good; cooking good. 

 VALUE: export first class. 



SEASON: keeps till May in cold cellar, but is inclined to shrivel if the air is dry and 

 warm. 



