Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Hector MacDonald
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised at Welford Park, Newbury, Berkshire, by Charles Ross and introduced in 1906 by Pearson of Nottingham. It was awarded an Award of Merit by the RHS in 1904. Fruits have very crisp, juicy, acid flesh. A good cooker.
Sources
- Hector MacDonald (accession 1949 - 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 september); the other names.
