Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Magdalene
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Found in about 1890 at Magdalen, Norfolk by H. Bridge. Introduced in 1924 by H. Goude. Fruits have fairly firm, fine, cream, slightly tinged green flesh with a sweet and slightly acid flavour.
Sources
- Magdalene (accession 1931 - 002), 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 october); the other names.
