Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Malling Kent
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in 1949 by H.M. Tydeman at East Malling Research Station, Maidstone, Kent. Fruits have slightly coarse-textured and fairly juicy flesh with a pleasant aromatic flavour.
Sources
- Malling Kent (accession 1964 - 031), 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); the other names.
