Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Comrade
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Thought to have been raised by George Carpenter, Byfleet, Surrey, England. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1932. Fruits have coarse, soft flesh with a sweet to subacid flavour.
Sources
- Comrade (accession 1957 - 269), 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 september).
