Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Fair Maid of Taunton
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Thought to have originated in Taunton, Somerset. First recorded in 1831. Described by Hogg in 1884 as being a dessert apple, but not of first quality. Fruits have tender, juicy, chewy flesh with a sharp and slightly astringent flavour. The fruits are described as producing an agreeable but rather characterless cider. Trees are large, tall and spreading and rather susceptible to scab.
Sources
- Fair Maid of Taunton (accession 1992 - 136), 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 (tree 1).
