Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Gooseberry
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in England, probably Kent. It was first recorded in 1831. Fruits have coarse-textured, fairly juicy flesh with a very acid and rather astringent flavour.
Sources
- Gooseberry (accession 1948 - 732), 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 october); the other names.
