Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Broad-Eyed Pippin (of Bultitude)
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in England. It was recorded in the late 1600s. Fruits have moderately firm, coarse-textured flesh and are juicy and acid.
Sources
- Broad-Eyed Pippin (of Bultitude) (accession 1929 - 029), 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 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).
