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Apple varieties, United States

Missing Link

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

Originated in U.S.A. It was recorded in 1897. Introduced by Shank and Clayton, USA. Fruits have soft, coarse, dry flesh with an insipid flavour.

Sources

Missing Link (accession 1914 - 021), 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).