The World of Apples

Apple varieties, United Kingdom

Maypole

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

Raised in 1976 at East Malling Research Station, Maidstone, Kent. Fruits are excellent for crab apple jelly, cider and wine.

Maypole
Where Maypole came from.

Sources

  1. Maypole (accession 1987 - 043), 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 september).