The World of Apples

Apple varieties, United Kingdom

Fillbarrel

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

Originated in Somerset, UK in the 19th Century. A bittersweet cider variety. Trees are of medium vigour.

Fillbarrel
Where Fillbarrel came from.

Sources

  1. Fillbarrel (accession 1989 - 084), 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 october).
  2. Ploidy level (descriptor 115159), study MALUS.PLOIDYDETERMINATION.2008, USDA Agricultural Research Service, GRIN-Global, 2008. Supports: its ploidy, diploid, measured by flow cytometry on accession PI 589679 of the USDA apple collection at Geneva, New York.