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Apple varieties, Netherlands

Dutch Codlin

The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it¹:

Thought to have originated in The Netherlands. It was brought to notice in about 1783. Fruits have firm flesh with a subacid, slightly aromatic flavour.

Sources

Dutch Codlin (accession 1946 - 100), 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.