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Apple varieties, United States

Carter's Blue

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

Originated at Mount Meigs, near Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.A. Described in 1869. Fruits have fine, crisp flesh with a rich, sweet subacid, aromatic flavour.

Where Carter's Blue came from.

Sources

Carter's Blue (accession 1947 - 300), 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); the other names.