Leathercoat Feast
Ashmead's Kernel, Roxbury Russet, too Golden Russett. When you lot meet these 3 gentlemen, you lot know that the view of the harvest has arrived.
Join me for a taste.
Appearance
Above at left is Ashmead's Kernel, at peak i of the finest varieties I cause got e'er tasted. Its russet weskit is to a greater extent than mustard than the others', precisely this beguiling fruit ofttimes has an orangish blush nether the russet, running sometimes to a deeper, redder shade.Beneath the blush, meanwhile, lies a sage dark-green peel. It's a multilayered hold back for an apple tree alongside many depths.
Roxbury Russet, inward the middle, is the to the lowest degree russeted, sometimes (though non inward the photograph at top) for a piebald effect. I had to accept these apples into at nowadays sunshine to distinguish Roxbury from Golden Russet, at right.
As the photograph suggests, Roxbury (also known every bit the Roz) is greener, Golden to a greater extent than coppery.
Roxbury also has the largest too nigh prominent lenticels, off-white spots that decorate the dark-green suede. They are visible inward the other varieties too, though, if you lot look: much smaller for both, too nearly indistinguishable on Ashmead's peel.
These russets are like inward shape: round, barely tapered too ribbed, too a lilliputian blocky. Roxbury has a slightly thicker stem.
Taste
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| Roxbury Russet |
Its flesh is a really calorie-free xanthous alongside dark-green highlights, suggesting peradventure an early on picking.
Not all of its flavors are present, precisely in that place is pear, cane sugar, too citrus. The texture is to a greater extent than fine than medium-grained, too it is wonderfully crisp too refreshing.
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| Golden Russett |
Despite like texture, Golden is to a greater extent than assertive (and tart) too alongside clearer flavors of lemon, sugar, pear, too vanilla.
There is also a nutty banking concern annotation that is quite fine.
Backtracking from Golden to Roxbury shows the latter's sweetness, including a flavour suggesting tabular array grapes.
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| Ashmead's Kernel |
All are breaking crisp.
By contrast, the Roxbury is notwithstanding good, precisely far less complex; the Golden Russett is lemony tart. Of the three, Golden oxidizes fastest, starting from the oil edges left past times my teeth.
Roxbury is the sweetest of the three. You tin meet why Colonial farmers valued it for cider, every bit the yeast converts carbohydrate to alcohol inward cider making.
These are 3 first-class eating companions. I wishing you lot such proficient fellowship this fall.
Links
- Roxbury Russet (*)
- Golden Russet (**)
- Ashmead's Kernel (***)
- How my rating system works
- Roxbury vs. Golden
- How to tell Roxbury from Golden (even growers larn confused, seemingly)
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