The World of Apples

Apple varieties, Italy

Lappio

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

Thought to have originated in Sicily, Italy. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1958. Fruits have firm, yellowish white flesh with a subacid flavour.

Sources

  1. Lappio (accession 1958 - 130), 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).