Beauty of Kent
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Thought to be of English origin. Introduced in about 1820. Received an Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1901. Fruits are coarse textured, juicy and subacid, with a faint pleasant flavour.
Synonyms:
Beaute de Kent, Bellezza di Kent, Countess of Warwick, Gadd's Seedling, Kent Beauty, Kentish Beauty, Kentish Broading, Kentish Pippin, Kentskaya krasavitsa, Peppin Kent, Pippin Kent, Reinette Grosse d'Angleterre, Schoner aus Kent, Wooling's Favourite, Worling's Favourite
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Tredomen)
Size
large 2
Type
Culinary 2
Shape
Conical 2
Height
76.00 mm 2
Width
88.00 mm 2
Ribbing
strong 2
Ground Colour
Yellow 2
Over Colour
Red 2
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped 2
Firmness
firm 2
Crunch
crisp 2
Flesh Colour
Greenish 2
Accession name
Beauty of Kent
Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late September 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register