PLATE LIV. 
6. Brownlees’ Russet. 
7. Aromatic Russet. 
6. BROWNLEES’ RUSSET. 
This variety was introduced, about the year 1848, by Mr. Wm. Brownlees, a Nurseryman at 
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. 
Description .—Fruit : large, roundish ovate, and rather flattened. Skin : green and russety, 
with brownish red next the sun. Eye: closed. Stalk: short, deeply inserted. Flesh: greenish 
white, tender, juicy, sweet, briskly flavoured and aromatic. 
An excellent late apple, suitable either for dessert or culinary purposes. 
The tree is a vigorous grower. It is hardy and bears well as a standard, for which it is 
best adapted. 
7. AROMATIC RUSSET. 
The origin of this tree is nowhere given. It is often confounded with the Golden Russet , but 
is not the same variety. 
Description .—Fruit : medium sized, two inches and a half wide, and about two inches and a 
quarter high ; roundish ovate, flattened above and below. Skin : greenish yellow, almost entirely 
covered with brownish grey russet, strewed with brownish scales on the shaded side, and slightly 
tinged with brownish red, strewed with silvery scales on the side exposed to the sun. Eye : small 
and open, with broad re-curved segments, and set in a rather shallow basin. Stalk: short, inserted in 
a deep and round cavity. Flesh : greenish yellow, firm, crisp, brisk, sugary and richly aromatic. 
A highly flavoured dessert apple of the first quality, in season from December to February. 
The tree is hardy and an abundant bearer. 
