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REPORT ON THE 



No. 24 



GOLDEN RUSSKT. 



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This is the Golden Russet of Western 

 New York. (It is sometimes incorrectly 

 called American Golden Russet, which is a 

 tender fleshed apple onlj' keeping until 

 January). This apple is very valuable in the 

 colder sections of the Ontario apple belt, the 

 tree being comparatively hard)', and the 

 fruit of high commercial value ; in the 

 warmer sections it is considerablj' grown in 

 the older orchards, but not much planted of 

 late years, because it is only rf medium size, 

 tedious to harvest, and inclined to drop 

 earl v. 



Golden Russei'. 



Tree : fairly vigorous, shoots slender, 

 or willowy, speckled; habit irregular; 

 only fairly productive. 



Fruit : size medium ; form roundish, 

 slightly oblong, slightly flattened ; skin 

 covered with thick russet, ocoasionall)' 

 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. 



Quality : dessert fair ; cooking good. 



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Section of Golden Russet. 



Value : export first class. 



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

 warm. 



