What?!

[greenstorm]

There is a Morden Russet apple. Wow.

Reminder to look up prairiehardynursery.ca before they sell out next year.

Morden.

Russet.

Morden bred things that are reliably hardy here, including the earliest corn in the world.

Russet apples tend to be actually worth the energy to eat them in flavour return, and honestly some are even better than many other fruits while in season. They tend to store well.

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[squirrelitude]

Russets are a delight. :-) Around here we have Ashmead's Kernel, Golden Russet, and Hudson's Golden Gem. The quality varies on some of these (maybe depending on the growing year?) but overall these have been some of my favorites.

[greenstorm]

I have Ashmead's Kernel planted here too. Once the tree matures it's unlikely to ripen most summers until climate change catches up with us a little further, but I plant with the future in mind :)