Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Baxter's Pearmain
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Introduced by G.Lindley of Norfolk, England in 1821. Fruits are a little coarse textured, rather dry and slightly acid, with a pleasant Blenheim-like flavour.
Sources
- Baxter's Pearmain (accession 1948 - 105), 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.
