Golden Russet Apple Review
"A Putrid Corpse"
This putrid, decomposing, death-fruit is a stinking corpse of an apple that would fit nicely in Wednesday Addams’ lunch box. One of the most foul, horrific looking apples that can be found in America, the Golden Russet is contaminated by the rusted sandpaper skin its namesake implies. But astonishingly, this apple’s zombie-like appearance is not its most striking quality. For this repugnant witch’s curse emits a rancid odor that will make you question whether or not you are eating old fish. Storing well through the winter, its flesh is dense, tough, and chewy like an embalmed cadaver (which quickly devolves into mush like a regular cadaver). That being said, it actually tastes better than it looks – which is not saying much. The Golden Russet is only appropriate for cider production and otherwise should be avoided like the plague.
- FLAVOR PROFILE -
SWEETNESS
2.5/5
TARTNESS
2.5/5
INTENSITY
1/5
GOLDEN RUSSET BIO
PARENTAGE
English Golden Russet
ORIGIN
New York State
YEAR
1800s
AVAILABILITY
Late Fall
BEST USES
OTHER NAMES
Bullock’s Pippin, Sheep-nose,
American Golden Russet,
Fox Apple, Long Tom
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This Apple Is Better Than
- Newtown Pippin Apples
- Lady Apples