The World of Apples

Apple varieties, United Kingdom

Gavin

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

Raised in 1956 by A.G. Brown at John Innes Institute, Bayfordbury, Hertfordshire. Fruits have crisp, fairly juicy flesh with a fairly sweet flavour.

Gavin
Where Gavin came from.

Sources

  1. Gavin (accession 1969 - 029), 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 (early october).