The World of Apples

Apple varieties, United Kingdom

Sandew

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

Originated in Somerset, England. Grafts from a very old tree were received by the National Fruit Trials in 1950. Fruits have soft, coarse, creamy white flesh with a subacid flavour.

Sandew
Where Sandew came from.

Sources

  1. Sandew (accession 1950 - 041), 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 september).