Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Lady Sudeley
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in about 1849 by a cottager called Jacob at Petworth, Sussex. Introduced in 1885 by G. Bunyard & Co., Maidstone, Kent. It received an Award of Merit from the RHS in 1884. Fruits have firm, juicy flesh which is a little acid and with good flavour.
Family tree
Offspring in the atlas
- Beauty of Bedford × Beauty of Bath; United Kingdom, before 1913
- Benenden Early × Saint Edmund's Pippin; United Kingdom, about 1945
Sources
- Lady Sudeley (accession 1941 - 029), 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 september); the other names.
