Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Roundway Magnum Bonum
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised by Mr Joy, gardener at Roundway Park, Devizes, Wiltshire, England. Received a First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1864. Fruits have rather soft, somewhat coarse-textured flesh with a very sweet and pleasant flavour.
Sources
- Roundway Magnum Bonum (accession 1957 - 225), 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 (early october); the other names.
