St. Edmund’s Russet Apple Scionwood

This is a twig for grafting. Early Fall. First discovered in the orchard of Richard Harvey, Bury St. Edmunds, England, about 1870. Received a first-class certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1875. Also called St. Edmunds, St. Edmunds Pippin and Early Golden Russet.

High-quality and highly flavored late-September dessert fruit. Medium-sized roundish-conic fruit is similar in appearance to Golden Russet but with a much lighter uniform yellowish-tan coloring. The crisp fine-textured creamy-white to yellowish juicy aromatic flesh has a sweet subacid pear-like flavor. Always one of the most popular apples at our Common Ground Fair taste tests. One of the many great apples introduced to us by the late orchardist Don Johnson. The earliest russet to ripen in central Maine every year. Not a keeper. Blooms early midseason. Z4.

7903 St. Edmund’s Russet

Item	Discounted From	Quantity
L 7903 A: 8" scionwood stick, 1 for $6.00
L 7903 B: scionwood by the foot (10' minimum), 1 ft for $5.50

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Additional Information

Scionwood

Scions are twigs, not trees. They have no roots and will not grow if you plant them. They are cuttings from dormant branch tips, intended for spring grafting.

We do our best to provide ¼" caliper stock. Because of factors beyond our control (such as weather!) stock may be ³⁄₁₆–³⁄₈".

We sell scionwood in two ways:

By the stick: One 8" stick will graft 3-4 trees.
By the foot: Minimum order of 10 feet per variety. For orchardists grafting large numbers of trees of a particular variety. In our own nursery work, we are usually able to graft 6-8 trees from one foot of scionwood.

You can graft right away or store scionwood for later use. It will keep quite well for several weeks stored in sealed ziplock bags in the refrigerator.

The deadline for ordering scionwood is February 21, 2025, for shipment around March 10. (Please note: we ship scionwood only in mid-March. If you would like to order rootstock to arrive in the same shipment, select mid-March shipping when adding the rootstock to your cart.)

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