Roxbury Russet
Accession
Tower Hill Botanical Garden; Boylston, MA
Synonyms
Roxbury, Black Russet, Boston Russet, Roxbury Russeting, Warren Russeting, Belpre Russet, Marietta Russet, Putman's Russet, Shippen's Russet, Sylvan Russet
Origin
Roxbury, Massachusetts; early 1600s
Season
Winter
Uses
Storage, Cooking, Fresh eating
Distinctive Features
patchy green and russeted skin, varies in size and shape
Resembles
Golden Russet, Hunt Russet, russets of all sorts
Status of Name
Verified Visually by Experts
DNA Information
Assumed to be correct; not tested
