The World of Apples

Apple varieties, United States

Priscilla

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

Raised in Lafayette, Indiana, USA by three American Universities; Purdue, Rutgers and Illinois. Introduced in 1972. Its name was chosen to honour the wife of the president of Purdue University. Fruits are crisp and juicy with a perfumed flavour. Resistant to scab, mildew and fireblight.

Priscilla
Where Priscilla came from.

Sources

  1. Priscilla (accession 1974 - 179), 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).

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