The World of Apples

Apple varieties, United Kingdom

Horsford Prolific

The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:

Thought to have originated in about 1900. It was found in 1913 in a garden at Horsford, Norwich. Fruits have firm flesh with a sweet flavour.

Horsford Prolific
Where Horsford Prolific came from.

Sources

  1. Horsford Prolific (accession 1964 - 037), 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.