Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Isaac Newton's Tree
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Originated from a tree growing in Isaac Newton’s garden at Woolsthorpe Manor, near Grantham, Lincs in 1660. It appears identical to Flower of Kent. Fruits have soft, coarse-textured flesh with a subacid flavour. A very shy cropper.
Sources
- Isaac Newton's Tree (accession 1948 - 729), 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).
