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Malus domestica 'Egremont Russet'
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Image: Moore, Dawn - NBGW
Common name:
afal bwyta, eating apple
Family:
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Distribution:
Gardd/Garden
Hardiness:
(H6) Hardy-very cold winter. -20 to -15°C (USDA 6b/7a)
Life form:
Deciduous tree • Coeden gollddail
Usage:
Edible
Geirdarddiad / Etymology:
Malus (MAY-lus): Ancient Latin name for an apple tree.
Geirdarddiad / Etymology:
domestica (doh-MESS-tik-a): Of the household.
Dyfarniadau / Awards:
RHS Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Description:
Produces good, regular crops of apples; yellowish-green, up to half flushed brownish-red and covered with russet. Characteristic nutty flavour with a season of use from October to December. Dates back to 1800s.
Links:
Royal Horticultural Society
Locations
1:
IWG Wall Bed 06/Gwely Muriog Yr Ardd Fewnol 06
(IWGW06)
• Accession: 2003-0301*A • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
Area
Individual