A russet refers to the colour and texture of the skin of the apple. The colour can range from golden to burnt umber, while the skin is a little rough to touch. These apples usually have exceptional aroma and flavour, and are considered among our favourite apples for eating.

All apples are $24 each (inc. GST)

ANDRE SAUVAGE This apple definitely has French character, albeit of unknown origin and often misnamed. It is largish in size and blocky oblong in shape with a fine russet skin and greenish crisp tart yet sweet aromatic flesh. It's an apple of very high quality. Ripens April - May.

BELLE de BOSKOOP This is a large Dutch apple from about 1850. Brownish red skin with russet, cream flesh, quite coarse, with distinct aromatic flavour and cooks just beautifully. Biennial bearer, matures May. Remembered with nostalgia by many European immigrants to Australia.

CALVILLE BLANC D'HIVER A true historic apple as old as possibly 1600 with a yellowish russeted skin. Rich aromatic flavour - wonderful eaten fresh and known in Normandy for being a great cider apple. When cooked holds it's flesh and has a remarkably good flavour - the essential ingredient for a French "tarte au pommes". Ripens late Autumn. Triploid (needs pollinator).

CAMPBELLTOWN RUSSET This unique russet was sourced from Campbelltown, Tasmania. It has an even brown russet skin and almost a greenish flesh thats brisk and aromatic in taste. A heavy and regular cropper of largish fruit. Ripens early for a russet in March.

COURT OF WICK A small russet apple from Somerset UK 1790 with rich aromatic yellow flesh and yellow / orange russet skin. Also called "Aniseed", "Golden Drop" or "Glass of Wine".

FENOUILLET GRIS This is the most unusual apple we grow - it's as far from the supermarket stereotype as you can get. It's small and blocky and totally russetted. The flesh is deep yellow and has a distinctly delicious anise flavour. No apple collection is complete without this one.

GOLDEN HARVEY Most likely originating from Herefordshire UK in the 1600’s. Small apples, russeted with an orangey / red blush and yellow flesh of rich aromatic flavour that intensifies as the fruit ripens. Tends to bear heavily.

HUBBARTSTON’S NONESUCH The American apples of the early 1800’s still owed a lot to their European parents and Hubbartston’s has more of a character of a Ribston Pippin than a Red Delicious. It is a large and particularly dense and heavy apple with a rich sweet aromatic flavour. The skin is often bumpy and russetted, yellowish overlaid with red and pink. It is an all-round apple for fresh eating, cooking and cider.

PINE GOLDEN PIPPIN Both our and Peter Cundall’s favourite russet. Ripens late autumn, small in size, crisp greenish flesh with rich aromatic flavour.

PRINZENAPFEL Also known as Schafnase, an apple long grown in Europe. Longish shape, orange/red in colour with rich dense aromatic flesh. Prinzenapfel ripens in Autumn and keeps well.

REINETTE DORÉE Also called Golden Reinette, one of Europe's most famous old apples. It ripens fairly late, has a russeted skin and dense aromatic flesh. For eating and cooking, Reinette dorée was typically one of those apples cellared to be used from Christmas onward through an European winter.

RIBSTON PIPPIN This apple originated in Yorkshire UK around 1700, considered to be the parent of Cox’s and Sturmer. It’s dark orange with quite a bit of russeted skin - not a beauty by modern standards but its rich dense aromatic flesh makes it one of our favourite apples. “Redolent of Autumn” said an English friend.

SAINT EDMUND’S PIPPIN Though russet apples are usually of the late autumn, St Edmunds ripens quite early. It was never a commercial variety but is valued for its sprightly rich flavour. Juicy and sweet with a nice balance of acidity. Skin is a broken golden russet over a greenish background. Originating in St Edmunds, Suffolk UK about 1870.

STURMER Feedback from our customers rates Sturmer as one of the most satisfying apples to grow. It's extremely late, very acid, great eaten fresh, cooked and great for cider too. By modern standards it's no beauty; orange/yellow russeted skin, dense yellowish flesh, medium in size. It's a very heavy cropper and stores well. An essential apple for the home gardener as it extends the apple season well into late winter when most others have finished.