Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Eccleston Pippin
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised by Mr Barnes, Head Gardener to the Duke of Westminster at Eaton Hall, Cheshire. It was first described in 1883. Fruits have coarse, but tender flesh with a subacid flavour.
Sources
- Eccleston Pippin (accession 1923 - 115), 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 september).
