Benenden Early

Apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised in about 1945 at Southampton by J.J. Gibbons, and introduced in 1952 by Stuart Low Ltd., Benenden, Kent. Fruits have coarse, soft flesh with a subacid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Saint Edmund's Pippin x Lady Sudeley

Accession No.
1954 - 008   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Benenden Early

References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register