The World of Apples

Apple varieties, Belgium

Evagil

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

Found at Tielt, Belgium by Dr van der Espt. It was introduced in 1863 by Van Houtte & Sons. Fruits have crisp, tender flesh with an acid flavour.

Evagil
Where Evagil came from.

Sources

  1. Evagil (accession 1945 - 191), 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 august); the other names.
  2. Using whole-genome SNP data to reconstruct a large multi-generation pedigree in apple germplasm, Hélène Muranty and others, BMC Plant Biology 20:2, 2020. Supports: its ploidy, diploid (supplementary table S1).

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