Russets: Small Size, Big Flavor
THEY ARE AMONG the most flavorful of apples. They excel in ciders, fresh and hard. Yet russet apples remain a mystery…
Knobbed Russet
Knobbed Russet sports a toad-like but edible skin covered with warts and welts. This heavily russeted apple has a firm…
Rare, Strange, and Delicious: English Apples in New England
IT HAS NOT PRODUCED a new apple for a century. Its apples are typically small — in one instance, no bigger than…
Beautiful Ugly Apples (Golden, Knobbed, and Roxbury Russets, Pomme Grise, and Pitmaston Pineapple)
PERHAPS THE MOST OVERLOOKED apples are the russets, undoubtedly due to their dull, rough-looking skin. It is a shame, as they…