The World of Apples

Apple varieties, Ireland

Brown Crofton

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

Received by NFT 1950. From Ireland. Lamb described ‘old trees’ exisiting in 1951.

Sources

  1. Brown Crofton (accession 1950 - 078), 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).