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Apple varieties, United States

Fall Russet

The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it¹:

The original tree of this variety was planted in about 1880 in the USA. Fruits have crisp flesh with a sweet, subacid and slightly rich flavour.

Sources

Fall Russet (accession 1958 - 067), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (early september).