Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Brownlees' Russet
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in England and introduced by William Brownlees of Hemel Hempstead in about 1848. Fruits are juicy and somewhat acid, with a pleasant nutty flavour.
Sources
- Brownlees' Russet (accession 1957 - 179), 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); the other names.
- 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).
