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Apple varieties, United States

Close

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

Triploid. Raised by C.S. Close at Arlington, Virginia, U.S.A. It was selected in about 1925 and introduced in 1938. Fruits have soft flesh with little juice and a sweet but poor flavour.

Where Close came from.

Sources

Close (accession 1952 - 012), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the parentage; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (early august).