Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Peter Lock
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Discovered in the early 1800s. It was found in Dean Woods, Buckfastleigh, Devon by Peter Lock. Fruits have soft, coarse flesh with a subacid flavour.
Sources
- Peter Lock (accession 1924 - 052), 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).
