The World of Apples

Apple varieties, United Kingdom

Mead's Broading

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

Originated in England. Described in 1884. Fruits have soft, coarse flesh with an acid flavour.

Sources

  1. Mead's Broading (accession 1948 - 763), 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 september).