The World of Apples

Apple varieties, United Kingdom

Morris's Russet

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

Raised by Morris at Brentford, England. Described in 1851. Fruits have firm, tender flesh with a subacid, sweet, aromatic flavour.

Morris's Russet
Where Morris's Russet came from.

Sources

  1. Morris's Russet (accession 1947 - 046), 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 (mid october).
  2. Using whole-genome SNP data to reconstruct a large multi-generation pedigree in apple germplasm, Hélène Muranty and others, BMC Plant Biology 20:2, 2020. Supports: its ploidy, diploid (supplementary table S1).