Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Bedminster Pippin
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Thought to have probably originated in Gloucestershire, England. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1952. Fruits have soft, coarse textured flesh with an acid to subacid flavour.
Sources
- Bedminster Pippin (accession 1952 - 054), 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).
- 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).
