Rhode Island Greening
Accession
Sandy River Orchard; Mercer, ME [Somerset County]
Synonyms
Greening, Jersey Greening (?), Burlington Greening, Hampshire Greening, Jersey Greening, Greening Rhode Island, Green's Inn, Greenling Von Rhode Island, Russine, Bell Dubois
Origin
Newport, Rhode Island; about 1650
Season
Fall
Uses
Fresh eating/dessert, Cooking
Distinctive Features
large, smooth waxy green to yellowish- green skin, often a red-orange blush, numerous greenish-white dots, often has russeted cavity
Resembles
Fallawater, Northwest Greening
Status of Name
Verified Visually by Experts
DNA Information
Assumed to be correct; not tested
