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Knobby Russet
A heavily russetted unusual shaped apple.
Origin: Sussex UK, 1820
Pollination: Knobby Russet is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop.Find pollination partners >
British-grown 
All our bare-root trees are personally hand-grafted by our Nursery Manager and grown on at our nursery in Kent, and have Defra plant-passport labels.
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Characteristics of Knobby Russet apple trees
| Use | Dessert |
| Colour | Russet |
| Flavour | Strong |
| Fruit size | Medium |
| Picking time | Mid Oct |
| Season of use | Dec-Mar |
| Tree vigour | Moderate |
| Tree habit | Upright-spreading |
| Fruit-bearing | Spur-bearer |
| Cropping | |
| Pollination date | 6 |
| Pollination group | B |
| Self-fertility | Self-sterile |
| Pollinators | Pollination partners |
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