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Morden Russet Apple Tree
Morden Russet Apple Tree
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Morden Russet is a rare and almost forgotten Manitoba apple preserved for its distinctive eating and cider qualities. The greenish yellow russeted fruit measures 6 to 7 cm across and has firm, drier amber yellow flesh with strong flavour.
The fruit ripens in late September and can keep for up to three months in cold storage.
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Growing details
- Hardiness
- Zone 3
- Fruit
- Greenish yellow russeted apples about 2.5 in acrossFirm, drier amber yellow flesh with strong flavour
- Uses
- Fresh eating and ciderKeeps up to three months in cold storage
- Mature size
- 20 to 30 ft tallFull size, on Siberian crabapple rootstock
- First fruit
- About 4 to 5 years after plantingTypical for prairie apples
- Site and soil
- Full sun and soil that drains well
Ripening
Late September
Reported by a Prairie nursery
More about this plant
Rescued from Morden
Morden Russet was developed at the Morden Research Station in Manitoba and released in 1935. It is one of the few russet apples that can be grown in Zone 3. The variety was saved before the original tree was removed years ago.
Cold hardinessZone 3 · Canadian maps for this plant
Zone 3 and warmer
The map shows minimum winter hardiness. Soil, moisture and summer warmth also affect how a plant grows.
About these maps
Climate: Natural Resources Canada, 1991–2020. Provincial distribution: VASCAN via retained botanical research. Province outlines: Natural Earth, public domain.
Open Government Licence – CanadaPollination
Apples need pollen from a different apple or crabapple to set fruit. A second variety in your yard will do it, and so will a neighbour's apple or fruiting crabapple. Double flowered ornamental crabapples make no pollen and do not count.