Broad-End
AppleBroad-End
Origin/History
An old English culinary apple, known by the synonymous names Winter Broading, Kentish Broading, and Broading. In use from November to Christmas.
Tree
Strong, vigorous, and productive.
Fruit
Size: Large
Form: Roundish oblate
Skin: Yellowish green, red in sun, with patches of russet
Flesh: Yellowish white, firm, crisp, subacid
Stem, Cavity, Calyx, Basin: Not described in source
Core and Seeds: Not described in source
Season
November to Christmas (winter variety)
Uses
Culinary apple
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source
Source: A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900), citing Frederick Hogg
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Broad-End.
Winter Broading. Kentish Broading. Broading.
An old English culinary apple, in use from November to Christmas. Tree strong, vigorous, productive.
Fruit large, roundish oblate, yellowish green, red in sun, with patches of russet. Flesh yellowish white, firm, crisp, subacid. (Hogg.)