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Apple varieties, United Kingdom

Stembridge Clusters

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

Originated from Sam Duck of Stembridge, Kingsbury Episcopi, Somerset. Tends to be a biennial cropper. Produces a full bittersweet cider.

Stembridge Clusters
Where Stembridge Clusters came from.

Sources

  1. Stembridge Clusters (accession 1989 - 108), 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).