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| Apple Merton Russet | Apple Rival | Apple Orenco | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summary | Small. Golden russet colored. Flesh very crisp, deep yellow, and juicy. Complex sweet/spicy flavor. | A Cox-style cooking apple, commercially successful in the 1920s. | High quality eating apple. Almost solidly bright red. Tender, crisp, juicy flesh. Very sweet and piquant flavor. | ||
Identification | Merton Russet | Rival | Orenco | ||
| Fruit colour | Green | ||||
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Using | Merton Russet | Rival | Orenco | ||
| Flavor | Good | ||||
| Flavour style | Sharper | ||||
| Ripening period | Early-Mid season | Mid season | |||
| Use/Keeping | 1-2 months | ||||
| Cooking result | Textured puree | ||||
Growing | Merton Russet | Rival | Orenco | ||
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| Cropping | Good | ||||
| Vigour | Average growth | ||||
| Pollination | Flowering group 2 Flowers Early-Mid season | Flowering group 3 Flowers Mid season Partially self-fertile | |||
| Gardening skill | Average | ||||
| Problems | Scab - Some resistance | ||||
Other | Merton Russet | Rival | Orenco | ||
| Country of origin | United Kingdom | United Kingdom | United States | ||
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