Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Tewkesbury Baron
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Thought to have originated in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. Recorded in 1883. Fruits have a little coarse, dry, white flesh with an insipid flavour.
Sources
- Tewkesbury Baron (accession 1944 - 005), 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 august).
