The World of Apples

Apple varieties, United Kingdom

Lady Hollendale

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

Originated in East Anglia. It was recorded in 1918. Fruits have rather tough flesh with a sharp flavour.

Sources

  1. Lady Hollendale (accession 1965 - 012), 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 august).
  2. Using whole-genome SNP data to reconstruct a large multi-generation pedigree in apple germplasm, Hélène Muranty and others, BMC Plant Biology 20:2, 2020. Supports: its ploidy, diploid (supplementary table S1).