Forester

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

Originated in Herefordshire, England. First described in 1883. Fruits have coarse, soft flesh with a subacid flavour.

Family tree

3 varieties in the atlas descend from Forester.

Where Forester came from.

Forester (accession 1941 - 019), 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).
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).