Aromatic flesh is cream colored, firm, fine-textured, juicy, a little sweet and slightly acid. Ripens late September. Raised in Japan in 1930 from Golden Delicious-Indo cross. Named Mutsu in 1948, renamed Crispin in the United Kingdom in 1968. Crispin name adopted in parts of the U.S. in mid 1980's.
Fruit is pale, creamy white, firm, fine-textured, juicy, somewhat sweet.
Ripens late October. A Russian variety from the 1700's or earlier. The fruit has a pale yellow ground color, mottled and flushed with bright red, and dark red stripes. Flesh is pale cream, firm, juicy and fairly acid. Duchess is very hardy and easy to grow.