WHAT'S NEW AT YORKSHIRE ORCHARDS: Farmer's Markets Apple Weekend - October 23rd and 24th October 2010

Visit our sister site The Little Apple Tree for quality gift baskets for all occasions.

A single apple equals one of your recommended 5 portions of fruit and veg per day.

Egremont Russet Click to Zoom

£1.60 per kilo

Ready late Sept E Oct
Oct - Dec

The parentage of Egremont Russet remains a mystery, but is thought to be English in origin, and is known to have been recorded in 1872. Alleged to have grown on the land of Lord Egremont of Pentworth, Sussex.
An extremely popular apple, both then and now.
The fruits are small to medium in size, round and slightly flat at the top and bottom. The skin is yellowy - green in colour, often hidden almost completely by an orangey - brown russet.
The skin is somewhat tough, but a bite inside reveals the apple's real beauty - a delicious nutty flavoured flesh, creamy -yellow in colour. Although not juicy, the fine textures of these fruits are in a class of their own.

AVAILABILITY Egremont Russet apple is currently out of season and/or unavailable to purchase.