The World of Apples

Apple varieties, United Kingdom

Lady's Delight

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

Originated in England. It was first described in 1851. Fruits have crisp flesh with a sweet, subacid, aromatic flavour.

Sources

  1. Lady's Delight (accession 1951 - 319), 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 september).