The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Originated in Germany. It was first described in 1776 and named in 1859. Fruits have firm, coarse flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.
Sources
Florianer Rosenapfel (accession 1947 - 320), 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 (mid october); the other names.
