The World of Apples

Apple varieties, United Kingdom

Iron Pin

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

Thought to have originated in Dorset, England. It was described in 1884. Fruits have firm, tender, greenish white flesh with a subacid flavour.

Iron Pin
Where Iron Pin came from.

Sources

  1. Iron Pin (accession 1948 - 033), 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 october).