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Apple varieties, Netherlands

Mount Rainier

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

Thought to be of Dutch origin. In existence in 1929. Fruits have fine, crisp, yellowish flesh with a very sweet, aromatic flavour.

Sources

Mount Rainier (accession 1948 - 740), 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).