They make a distinct family of apples, yet all russets are not the same. The Golden and Roxbury varieties are so alike that some growers and sellers mislabel them (to my confusion).
So, let's set the record straight.
On our left sits Roxbury Russet, an oblate, slightly ribbed medium-sized apple. Sometimes know as the Roz, this is one of America's oldest cultivated varieties. Its russet is patchy, for a piebald effect, and the color of the russet itself is a gray coppery brown, on skin that is spring green. The calyx is partly open.
At right, Golden Russet is also middle-sized and of similar shape to Roxbury, though I should say that the ribs are slightly more pronounced. I bought many of these (they are great keepers), and my tasting sample, as shown in the photo, is one of the larger ones--most are a bit smaller.
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