The World of Apples

Apple varieties, United Kingdom

Byford Wonder

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

An apple of UK origin. Recorded in 1893. Received an Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1893. Fruits have coarse, tender flesh with a subacid and aromatic flavour.

Sources

  1. Byford Wonder (accession 2000 - 024), 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).