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Buxted Favourite

Apple

Origin/History

Not described in source.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Medium; 2½ by 2¾ inches.

Form: Flattened round, a little conical, with even outline.

Skin: Pale golden yellow with slight brown-red flush and stripes resembling a King of the Pippins; smooth surface.

Stem: Short, set in a deep narrow russet cavity.

Calyx: Open, in a deep and wide plaited basin.

Flesh and Flavor: Yellow, crisp, rather acid, very little flavour.

Core and Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

December to February.

Uses

Culinary.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Bunyard noted: "A rather poor fruit with me, certainly not more than a cooking variety."

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

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BUXTED FAVOURITE. Culinary, December to February, medium, 2½ by 2¾, flattened round a little conical, even. Colour, pale golden yellow, slight brown red flush and stripes like a King of the Pippins; smooth. Flesh, yellow, crisp, rather acid, very little flavour. Eye open in a deep and wide plaited basin. Stem, short in a deep narrow russet cavity. A rather poor fruit with me, certainly not more than a cooking variety.

— E.A. Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)