Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Green Purnell
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Originated in Worcestershire. It was received by the National Fruit Trials in 1945 but is believed to be much older. Fruits have fine, creamy white flesh with a slightly sweet and subacid flavour.
Sources
- Green Purnell (accession 1945 - 101), 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).
