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Roxbury Russet Apple Tree
The Roxbury Russet apple tree is one of the oldest American heirloom trees. With a unique sweet flavor, this apple variety is great for making dessert, pies, juice and cider. Has good disease resistance, keeps well for up to five months and bears heavy crops.
General Tree Height/Caliper: Most of our fruit trees (apple, peach, apricot, plum, pear, nectarine, quince, and cherry) are grafted/budded and are 4-6' tall with a caliper/diameter of about 1/4-3/4". Most have more than 5' height and 1/2" diameter. The other trees are seedlings, such as pawpaw, mulberry, persimmon, shade, berry, and flowering trees which range from 18-36" tall.
A rootstock primarily controls a tree's size and how early it bears fruit. Learn more about our specific rootstocks.
Roxbury Russet Apple Tree Overview
The Roxbury Russet apple tree is one of the oldest American heirloom fruit trees. It came about as a chance seedling during the early 1600s in a small town called Roxbury near Boston, Massachussetts. For instance, some believe Roxbury Russet is the result of an apple core thrown away when the pilgrims first came to North America.
This historic apple variety is not only rich in history, but also in flavor! It’s considered a heritage dessert apple. Therefore, it is a great ingredient to make delicious pies as well as apple sauces! In addition, its high sugar content and aromatic nature is one reason why Roxbury Russet is a good choice for blending in cider. A great benefit to growing Roxbury Russet apple trees is that they bear heavy crops every year. Try not to pick the apples before they are ripe as they won’t have the sweet and sugary content they are known to have!
Although the exact parentage of Roxbury Russet is not known, some people that Ashmead’s Kernel could share common ancestry. At the very least, both contain the famous green to yellow russeting!
Tree Characteristics
- Uses: cider, dessert, eating fresh, juice, pies, sauce
- Taste: sweet, sharp, aromatic
- Size: Medium to large sized
- Color: yellow/gold and reddish brown with heavy russeting, white to greenish yellow flesh color
- Hardiness Zones: 5 – 7
- Disease resistance:
- Scab – Very resistant
- Fireblight – Very resistant
- Cedar apple rust – Very resistant
- Prone to canker
- Harvest period: 4, late season
- Flowering Group: 4
- Cross pollinates with: Crimson Crisp, Enterprise, Galarina™, Ginger Gold, Goldrush, Honeycrisp, Kingston Black, Macoun, Melrose, Newtown Pippin, Northern Spy, Novaspy, Pink Lady, Pristine, Redfree, Rubinette, Sansa, Suncrisp, Sundance, Sweet Sixteen, WineCrisp, Wolf River.
- Cultivation: This apple tree is moderately vigorous. It is a spreading tree.Bears fruit on spurs and shoots. Needs pruning each year.
- Storage: Can keep well for up to five months (20 weeks).
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Shipping
- Our shipping cost is 15-25% of the order total (depending on the size of the trees and how far the state is from NY) plus our handling fee which includes light pruning, packaging, printing, and quality checks.
- To get an estimate for shipping cost, put your address on the cart page with your desired trees.
- Note: we ship to Hawaii and Alaska however the shipping price is higher.
Warranty
- If your tree doesn’t grow by July 1st or dies in the fall of the first year, please email us with a photo, order number, and description of the issue.
- If the issue is related with the tree itself rather than lack of care, we guarantee to replace it next season or give a full refund.
Refunds and Cancellations
- You can cancel your order to receive a full refund, but please note that cancelling an order after April 1st will result in a partial refund of 75% of the order total.
- We much prefer payments by credit card or PayPal. If you pay by check or cash, then payments for pickup and shipping orders should be received within 30 days of your order, otherwise will be automatically cancelled.
- If due to unforeseen circumstances your ordered tree is no longer available, you can get a full refund or a substitution with another variety.
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