Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Harling Hero
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised by Mr Claxton, a gardener of East Harling, Norfolk. Fruits have juicy, melting flesh.
Sources
- Harling Hero (accession 1994 - 023), 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 september).
- Using whole-genome SNP data to reconstruct a large multi-generation pedigree in apple germplasm, Hélène Muranty and others, BMC Plant Biology 20:2, 2020. Supports: its ploidy, diploid (supplementary table S1).
