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Apple varieties, United States

Garden Royal

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

Originated on the farm of Mr Bowker, Sudbury, Massachusetts, USA. It was described in 1847. Fruits have fine, tender, yellow flesh with a subacid and aromatic flavour.

Where Garden Royal came from.

Sources

Garden Royal (accession 1951 - 279), 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 august); the other names.