Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Bow Hill Pippin
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised by A.S.White, Bow Hill, Maidstone, Kent and introduced in about 1893 by G. Bunyard Ltd., Maidstone. Received an Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1893. Fruits have firm, rather coarse-textured, juicy flesh with a sweet, aromatic flavour.
Sources
- Bow Hill Pippin (accession 1957 - 212), 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 (early october); the other names.
