Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Red Jersey
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Thought to have originated in Somerset. Trees rather prone to scab.Produces a bittersweet cider.
Sources
- Red Jersey (accession 1992 - 126), 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).
