Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Norfolk Royal
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
A chance seedling found in Wright’s Nurseries, North Walsham, Norfolk, England in about 1908. It was introduced in 1928 and named in 1930. Fruits have moderately firm, crisp, very juicy flesh with a sweet and pleasant flavour.
Sources
- Norfolk Royal (accession 1933 - 004), 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).
