Beauty of Kent

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Culinary·Triploid

Introduced

1800

Origin

Kent, England, United Kingdom

Measured Phenotype

Fruit height: 76.0 mm
Fruit width: 88.0 mm

Each value is the highest-precedence :Assertion attached to this cultivar; full provenance (year, evidence type, confidence) is preserved in the graph.

A large, roundish-ovate apple with deep red and yellow coloring, yellowish tender juicy flesh, and pleasant sub-acid flavor. It is a valuable culinary apple in use from October to February, now extensively cultivated as one of the most popular winter apples. The tree is vigorous and a good bearer, though subject to canker in moist, heavy soils.

Flavor & Texture

subacidtender

Best Uses

cooking

2 historical watercolors from the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection (1886–1942) included in the gallery above. Public domain.

Lineage

Offspring

Empson's Favourite

Origin & History

Status: commercial
Origin type: open pollinated seedling
First introduced: 1820 · Brompton Park Nursery

sub-acidtenderjuicy

References

UK National Fruit Collection: 397
Wikidata: Q22000160
Cited authority (Hogg 1851): Fors