Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Hambling's Seedling
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised by Major W.J. Hambling, Dunstable, Bedfordshire and introduced in 1894 by Bunyard, Maidstone. It received a First Class Certificate from the RHS in 1893. Fruits have a subacid flavour.
Sources
- Hambling's Seedling (accession 2000 - 042), 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).
