Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Bloody Ploughman
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Originated at Carse of Gowrie, Scotland. Recorded in 1883. Fruits have crisp, tender flesh with a slightly sweet, subacid flavour.
Sources
- Bloody Ploughman (accession 1962 - 042), 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).
