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Apple varieties, United States

Salome

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

Originated in Ottawa, Illinois, USA and introduced in 1884 by Arthur Bryant, Princetown, Illinois. Fruits have firm, fine, greenish white flesh with a subacid flavour.

Where Salome came from.

Sources

Salome (accession 1951 - 260), 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).