Malling Kent

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Dessert

Introduced

1974

Origin

Kent, England, United Kingdom

Measured Phenotype

Brix: 13.6 °Bx

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Malling Kent is a dessert apple from Kent, England, introduced in 1974 as a cross between Cox's Orange and Jonathan. It offers crisp, aromatic, subacid flesh and has excellent keeping qualities, with a particularly attractive blossom.

Flavor & Texture

subacidaromaticcrisp

Best Uses

fresh_eating

Lineage

Parents

Jonathan

Origin & History

Origin type: deliberate cross

References

USDA-NPGS: PI 589495
UK National Fruit Collection: 3755
Wikidata: Q41779150