Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Alderman
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Thought to have originated in Scotland before 1923. Fruits have firm flesh with an acid flavour. Cooks well.
Sources
- Alderman (accession 1923 - 110), 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 (early september).
