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Horsham Russet
An intensly flavoured sweet-sharp russet apple.
Origin: Norfolk UK, 1790
Pollination: Horsham Russet is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop. Pollination partners
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All our bare-root trees are personally hand-grafted by our Nursery Manager and grown on at our nursery in Kent. We have Defra and Plant Healthy certification.
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History and description of Horsham Russet
Raised in about 1790 by Mrs Goose, of Horsham Street, St Faiths, near Norwich from a Nonpareil seedling. A late dessert apple almost completely covered with a cinnamon russet over a red cheek. Has the rich, sweet-sharp flavour of the Nonpareil.Characteristics of Horsham Russet apple trees
| Use | Dessert |
| Colour | Russet |
| Flavour | Rich |
| Fruit size | Medium |
| Picking time | Early Oct |
| Season of use | Nov-Jan |
| Tree vigour | Vigorous |
| Tree habit | Upright-spreading |
| Fruit-bearing | Spur-bearer |
| Cropping | |
| Disease resistance | Scab - Resistant |
| Pollination date | 8 |
| Pollination group | C |
| Self-fertility | Self-sterile |
| Pollinators | Pollination partners |
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