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Apple varieties, France

Brogdale Crab

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

An apple of French origin. Recorded in England in 1831. Fruits have white, acid flesh. This variety claims to have a high Vitamin C content.

Sources

Brogdale Crab (accession 1999 - 071), 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).