russetting

Noun

russeting (countable and uncountable, plural russetings)

1. Russet (a coarse reddish fabric).
2. Russet (a kind of apple).
   • Mr. Collinson then produced several samples of the apples; an untainted russeting, a russeting changed in complexion which grew among a great cluster of unaltered brethren, and some apples of the other tree which had caused the change in the russetings, and whose fruit had in turn received a rough...1820 January 16, John Turner, “From the London Horticultural Transactions, Vol. V. page, 63.—Observations on the Accidental Intermixture of Character, in Certain Fruits. By John Turner, F.L.S....
3. Early season damage to citrus fruit caused by rust mites.

Verb

russet (third-person singular simple present russets, present participle russeting or russetting, simple past and past participle russeted or russetted)

1. (ambitransitive, usually, pears) To develop reddish-brown spots; to cause russeting.
   • Pear psylla causes damage when nymphs, feeding at high densities on leaves, produce enough honeydew to drip onto the fruit. A black, sooty mold fungus then grows into the honeydew, distorting and russeting the fruit surface, which substantially lowers its commercial value, […]1995, T. R. Unruh, P. H. Westigard, K. S. Hagen, “Pear Psylla”, in J. R. Nechols et al., editors, Biological Control in the Western United States: Accomplishments and Benefits of Regional Research...

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