Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Wheeler's Russet
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Originated in England. Known in 1717. Fruits have a little soft, greenish white flesh with a subacid, slightly sweet and slightly aromatic flavour.
Sources
- Wheeler's Russet (accession 1944 - 001), 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 october); the other names.
