The World of Apples

Apple varieties, United Kingdom

Tiffen

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

Originated in the North West of England. Recorded in 1883. Fruits have somewhat soft, coarse, white flesh with a subacid flavour.

Sources

  1. Tiffen (accession 1951 - 230), 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 september).