Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Acklam Russet
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Originated at Acklam, Yorkshire. Recorded in 1768. Fruits have a firm, greenish-white flesh with a sweet to subacid flavour.
Sources
- Acklam Russet (accession 1961 - 043), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (mid october); the other names.
