Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Sir John Thornycroft
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised by Collister, gardener to Sir John Thornycroft, Bembridge, Isle of Wight. Introduced in 1913 by Bunyard of Maidstone. Received the Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1911. Fruits have hard, tough, coarse flesh with a slightly sweet flavour.
Sources
- Sir John Thornycroft (accession 1921 - 020), 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.
