COLONEL VAUGHAN
AppleOrigin/History
Cultivated in Kent from the seventeenth century. Noted for extremely reliable and abundant cropping, making it particularly suitable for small gardens, though largely abandoned in common cultivation by the early twentieth century.
Tree
Growth habit moderate; forms a nice, compact tree. Extremely fertile and reliable bearer. Leaves roundish, pea green, nearly flat, twisted, with sharply curved serrate margins.
Fruit
Size: Medium; 2½ by 2⅜ inches.
Form: Round oblong.
Skin: Golden-yellow, almost entirely covered with broad broken stripes of bright red and slight flush.
Stem: Short; situated in a fairly deep, even cavity. Coloured stripes of the skin extend into the cavity.
Basin: Shallow, much ribbed.
Eye: Closed or slightly open.
Flesh: Nearly white, firm, very juicy and sweet, often stained with a little red.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
November to January.
Uses
Culinary or dessert.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— E.A. Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)COLONEL VAUGHAN. Her. Pom., 74. G., Rother Kentische Peppin. (Kentish Pippin, Scarlet Incomparable.) Culinary or dessert, November to January, medium, 2½ by 2⅜, round oblong. Colour, golden-yellow, almost entirely with broad broken stripes of bright red and slight flush. Flesh, nearly white, firm, very juicy and sweet, often stained with a little red. Eye, closed or a little open in a shallow much ribbed basin. Stem, short in a fairly deep even cavity into which the coloured stripes run. Growth, moderate, makes a nice compact tree; extremely fertile. Leaf, roundish, pea green, nearly flat, twisted, sharply curved serrate. Origin, this has been grown in Kent from the seventeenth century. It crops so well and is so useful for small gardens that it seems a pity that it is almost forgotten in these days.