Buxted Favourite
AppleOrigin/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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— E.A. Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)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.