Fruit
Russel
B tier
Russel (Russell) is a sapodilla cultivar name appearing in tropical fruit cultivar tables—selected lines for fruit size or quality in New World plantings. Soft ripe flavour remains brown-sugar malt. Spelling variants exist in older literature. Grow and ripen as standard sapodilla; verify spelling with your nursery source. Fresh spoon dessert is the use. Not an industrial canning fruit. Niche but real in specialist orchards.
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Characteristics
Preparations
Collector FreshNiche OrchardRipen SoftSpoon
Traits
BrownMinor NamedNamedNicheSoft DessertSpecialistSpelling VariantsSweet
History
US
Russel/Russell sapodilla entered Florida cultivar notes.
Specialist publications listed Russel among minor cultivars.
Scion exchanges kept Russel available to collectors.
Russel stayed an uncommon named sapodilla option.