Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Forge
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Said to have originated at a Forge Farm in Sussex or near one of the old forges in the iron district near East Grinstead, Sussex. It was described in 1851 when it was already well known. Fruits have crisp, very juicy flesh with a pleasant aromatic flavour.
Sources
- Forge (accession 1920 - 012), 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 september); the other names.
- 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).
