Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Herefordshire Beefing
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in Herefordshire, England. It was known in the late 1700s. Fruits have firm, fine-textured flesh with a moderately acid flavour.
Sources
- Herefordshire Beefing (accession 2000 - 046), 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 (early october); the other names.
