The World of Apples

Apple varieties, United Kingdom

Hangdown

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

Believed to have originated in the Glastonbury area of Somerset. Known in North Devon and Somerset where it is also known as

Hangdown
Where Hangdown came from.

Sources

  1. Hangdown (accession 1992 - 119), 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).