USDA-NPGS
Flower of Kent
Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.
Culinary
Measured Phenotype
- Brix
- 11.3 °Bx
source: GRIN
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 apple, flattened with obtuse angles, greenish-yellow with red patches and streaks, and light grey dots. The flesh is greenish-white, firm, crisp, and juicy with a pleasant briskly acid flavor. A first-rate culinary apple in season from November to January, with a vigorous tree suitable for orchard cultivation.
Flavor & Texture
subacidcrisp
Best Uses
cooking
Origin & History
- Status
- commercial
- Known by
- ≥ 1629
briskly acidpleasant
References
- USDA-NPGS
- PI 589174
- UK National Fruit Collection
- 2071
- Wikidata
- Q5462226
- Cited authority (Hogg 1851)
- Park