Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Somerset Redstreak
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Thought to have originated in the Sutton Montis area of Somerset. As a result of its good performance in a 1917 trial at the National Fruit & Cider Institute together with good orchard performance at Burghill, Hereford, it was subsequently propagated to be included in many commercial cider orchards. The medium sized fruit ripens in October. Produces a mild or medium bittersweet cider of average quality.
Sources
- Somerset Redstreak (accession 1989 - 106), 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 october).
