Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Diamond Jubilee
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in about 1889 by Mr Thomas, Rainham, Kent. It received the Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1901. Fruits have fine, firm, crisp flesh with a subacid and slightly aromatic flavour.
Sources
- Diamond Jubilee (accession 2000 - 029), 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 october).
