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Apple varieties, United States

Eustis

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

Originated in the late 1600s with Benjamin Smith at Wakefield, Massachusetts, USA. Fruits have firm, crisp flesh with a subacid flavour.

Where Eustis came from.

Sources

Eustis (accession 1952 - 121), 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 (late september); the other names.