The World of Apples

Apple varieties, Canada

Shamrock

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

Raised in 1970 by K. Lapins, at the Canadian Department Agricultural Research Station, Summerland, British Columbia, Canada. Introduced in 1986. Fruits have soft, sweet flesh.

Shamrock
Where Shamrock came from.

Sources

  1. Shamrock (accession 1999 - 031), 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).