Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Frederick
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Originated in the Forest of Dean, Monmouthshire in the 19th Century. Slow to come into cropping and crops tend to be rather irregular. The small to medium sized fruits have crisp, white, often tinged with red flesh with a sharp flavour but no astringency. Produces a
Sources
- Frederick (accession 1989 - 085), 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).
