Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Perthyre
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
First noted in the late 1920s in Monmouthshire. The trees have a fairly vigorous and spreading habit. Susceptible to scab and canker. Produces a mild bittersweet cider said to be
Sources
- Perthyre (accession 1989 - 101), 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).
