Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Doctor Clifford
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
A chance seedling rootstock which originated with William Ingall, Grimoldby, Lincolnshire in about 1898. It was introduced in 1911. Fruits have crisp flesh with a subacid flavour.
Sources
- Doctor Clifford (accession 1913 - 023), 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 august); the other names.
