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Apple varieties, United States

Autumn Arctic

The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it¹:

Originated from U.S.A. where it arose from a pile of chicken house litter on a farm in Vermont. Fruits have sweet, soft flesh with a little flavour. It is reputed to have some resistance to scab.

Sources

Autumn Arctic (accession 1974 - 121), 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 september).