Saint Edmund's Russet (sometimes known as St. Edmund's Pippin) is one of the best English russet apple varieties. It looks superb with its dull matt russet coloring, and tastes great.
The flavor is perhaps richer than its better-known compatriot Egremont Russet, and noticeably juicier.
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Saint Edmund's Russet is a good backyard apple variety, it crops reliably and grows in a wide range of conditions. Like many russet varieties, it has some natural resistance to many of the main apple diseases, including cedar apple rust.
The only thing to look out for is that it can be a partial tip-bearer - some apples are borne on the ends of shoots rather than the more usual short fruit-bearing spurs. For this reason it is best to keep pruning to a minimum, to avoid accidentally pruning the fruit-bearing tips of shoots. Like many tip-bearers it has a slightly weeping growth habit.
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Raised by Mr Harvey of the town of Bury St. Edmunds, in the county of Suffolk, England, in 1875.
