Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Hibbs Seedling
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
A chance seedling found by A. Moody of Southampton, Hampshire and received by the National Fruit Trials in 1961. Fruits have fine, crisp, tender flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.
Sources
- Hibbs Seedling (accession 1960 - 008), 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).
