The World of Apples

Apple varieties, United Kingdom

Lord Rosebery

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

Said to have been raised by Storrie of Glencarse, Scotland. It was described in 1934. Fruits have crisp, creamy white flesh with a sweet flavour.

Sources

  1. Lord Rosebery (accession 1957 - 169), 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.