Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Reid's Seedling
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised around 1880-1890 by Mr Reid of Drumart Jones, Richill, Co. Armagh, Ireland. Fruits have somewhat coarse, creamy white flesh with a sweet subacid flavour.
Sources
- Reid's Seedling (accession 1949 - 211), 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 september).
