Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Duchess's Favourite
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in about 1800 by Mr Cree, a nurseryman of Addlestone, Surrey. Fruits have crisp, yellow flesh with a brisk and pleasant flavour.
Family tree
Offspring in the atlas
- Jennifer × Beauty of Bath; United Kingdom
Sources
- Duchess's Favourite (accession 2000 - 031), 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); the other names.
