The World of Apples

Apple varieties, United Kingdom

Kentish Fillbasket

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

Thought to have originated in Kent, England. It was known before 1820. Fruits have tender, greenish-white, acid flesh.

Kentish Fillbasket
Where Kentish Fillbasket came from.

Sources

  1. Kentish Fillbasket (accession 1939 - 019), 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.