Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Mrs. Lakeman's Seedling
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in about 1900 by Mrs Lakeman of Stocksfield, Northumberland. Introduced by William Fell & Co., of Hexham. Fruits have crisp, firm, rather coarse flesh with an acid and slightly sweet flavour.
Sources
- Mrs. Lakeman's Seedling (accession 1930 - 029), 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).
