Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Barchard's Seedling
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in Putney, London by Mr Higgs, gardener to R. Barchard. It was introduced in 1856 by A. Dancer. Received a First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1873. Fruits are crisp with a sweet to subacid flavour.
Sources
- Barchard's Seedling (accession 1945 - 025), 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 september).
- 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).
