Knobby Russet

The Knobby Russet, also known as Knobbed Russet, Winter Russet, Old Maids, and Winter Apple,^[1] is a large green and yellow apple cultivar with a rough and black russet and unusually irregular, warty, and knobbly surface. It has a soft and sweet creamy flesh and looks more like a potato than an apple. Knobby Russets are harvested in mid to late October and are in season between October and February/March.

GenusMalus

SpeciesM. domestica

Cultivar'Knobby Russet'

Originintroduced 1820, Sussex, England^[1]

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'Knobby Russet'
Genus	Malus
Species	M. domestica
Cultivar	'Knobby Russet'
Origin	introduced 1820, Sussex, England[1]

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