Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Longstart
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Originated in Westmorland, England. It was described in 1851. Fruits have tender, white flesh which browns quickly when cut. Flavour is subacid.
Sources
- Longstart (accession 1951 - 224), 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 (late august); the other names.
- 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).
