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Apple varieties, United Kingdom

Mitchelson's Seedling

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

Raised at Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey by Mitchelson. First described in 1851. Fruits have firm, crisp, yellowish white flesh with an acid flavour.

Mitchelson's Seedling
Where Mitchelson's Seedling came from.

Sources

  1. Mitchelson's Seedling (accession 1951 - 232), 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.