Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Excelsior
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised by W. Seabrook & Sons, Chelmsford, Essex and introduced by them in 1921. Fruits have soft flesh with a slightly acid flavour.
Sources
- Excelsior (accession 1924 - 017), 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).
