Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Coronation
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised at Buxted Park, Sussex by H.C. Princep and introduced by Pyne, Topsham, Devon. First recorded in 1902. It received an Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1902 as Edward’s Coronation. Fruits have soft, coarse flesh with a sweet, aromatic flavour.
Sources
- Coronation (accession 1922 - 013), 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 september); the other names.
