Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Golden Russet Apple
Golden Russet is an American apple cloaked entirely in fine golden-bronze russet over a yellow ground. Its dense, fine-grained flesh is exceptionally sugary, making it one of the great cider apples as well as a superb dessert apple and an outstanding winter keeper.
| Cultivar | Golden Russet |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1840–1873 |
| Artist(s) | Newton, Amanda Almira, Schutt, Ellen Isham, Passmore, Deborah Griscom |
| Specimen origin | Ohio, Wayne, Wooster; New York, Ontario, Geneva; New York, Dutchess, Arlington; Pennsylvania, Cambria, Wilmore |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 5 |
All 5 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00001878, POM00001879, POM00001880, POM00001881, POM00001882.
