The World of Apples

Apple varieties, United Kingdom

Betsey

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

This variety is of UK origin. It was recorded in 1842. Fruits have fine, greenish yellow flesh with a sweet flavour.

Sources

  1. Betsey (accession 1947 - 505), 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.