Banffy Pal
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Thought to have probably originated in Hungary. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948. Fruits have a sweet to subacid flavour.
Sources
- Banffy Pal (accession 1948 - 354), 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 (late october).
- Using whole-genome SNP data to reconstruct a large multi-generation pedigree in apple germplasm, Hélène Muranty and others, BMC Plant Biology 20:2, 2020. Supports: its ploidy, diploid (supplementary table S1).
