Biology:Beauty of Kent (apple)

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Short description: Apple cultivar
Malus domestica 'Beauty of Kent'
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CultivarBeauty of Kent
Originprobably England, pre 1820[1]

'Beauty of Kent' is a cultivar of apples; the fruit are used for cooking.[1][2] It is known by various names including 'Countess of Warwick', 'Gadd's Seedling', and 'Wooling's Favourite'.[1] It received an Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1901[1] but was judged of no value for the apple-growing areas of New York State in 1913.[3] Vitamin C 12mg/100g.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Beauty of Kent", National Fruit Collection, http://www.nationalfruitcollection.org.uk/full2.php?id=397&&fruit=apple, retrieved 6 November 2015 
  2. Beach, S.A.; Booth, N.O.; Taylor, O.M. (1905), "Beauty of Kent", The apples of New York, 2, Albany: J. B. Lyon, pp. 15, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/56421#page/31/mode/1up 
  3. U. P. Hedrick; G. H. Howe (1913), "Apples Old and New", New York Agricultural Experimental Station Bulletin 361: 79–135, https://ecommons.cornell.edu/bitstream/handle/1813/4118/bulletin361.pdf?sequence=1  pages 110-111
  4. Anton Pedersen, Danmarks frugtsorter