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Duchess of Bedford
Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.
Dessert
Measured Phenotype
- Fruit height
- 54.5 mm
- Fruit width
- 65.5 mm
source: NFC
source: NFC
Each value is the highest-precedence :Assertion attached to this cultivar; full provenance (year, evidence type, confidence) is preserved in the graph.
Duchess of Bedford is a dessert apple from Bedford, England with soft white flesh and a distinctive aniseed flavour. It is ready to pick in mid-August and stores well for use through September, making it a versatile eating apple for late summer.
Flavor & Texture
anisesoft
Best Uses
fresh_eating
Lineage
Parents
Origin & History
- Known by
- ≥ 1918
References
- UK National Fruit Collection
- 1681
- Wikidata
- Q41776523