The World of Apples

Apple varieties, United Kingdom

Summer Broaden

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

Originated in England. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1945. Fruits have coarse, soft, cream flesh with a subacid flavour.

Sources

  1. Summer Broaden (accession 1945 - 157), 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).