The World of Apples

Apple varieties, Hungary

Nemes Szercsika alma

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

Originated near the Drava River, Hungary. Described in 1883. Fruits have coarse, soft, dry flesh with a sweet subacid flavour.

Sources

  1. Nemes Szercsika alma (accession 1948 - 394), 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 (late october); the other names.