Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Crimson Victoria
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Identified as Crimson Victoria by Mr R.R. Williams, Long Ashton Research Station from fruit obtained from a small private orchard at Shute, Axminster, Devon. Received at Brogdale in 1992 from Mr G.R. Rowson, Taunton, Somerset.
Sources
- Crimson Victoria (accession 1992 - 112), 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).
