Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Redsleeves
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised by Dr F. Alston at East Malling Research Station, Maidstone, Kent. Introduced in 1986. Fruits are sweet, crisp and juicy.
Sources
- Redsleeves (accession 1975 - 058), 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 august).
