Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Hanwell Souring
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Said to have been raised at Hanwell near Banbury, Oxfordshire. It was recorded in 1820. Fruits have firm, crisp flesh with an acid flavour.
Sources
- Hanwell Souring (accession 2000 - 044), 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); the other names.
