Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Dick's Favourite
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Thought to have been raised in the late 1800s by Carless, foreman at Rowe’s Nurseries, Worcester. Fruits are crisp with an acid flavour. Cooks well.
Sources
- Dick's Favourite (accession 1967 - 009), 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).
