Summer Broaden
Apple
Summer Broaden
Origin and History
An old Norfolk, England cooking apple, also recorded in period sources as Summer Colman and Summer Broadend.
Tree
Not described in source.
Fruit
Size: Above medium.
Form: Roundish oblate.
Skin: Dull greenish yellow, tinged on the sunny side with dull pale brown.
Stem: Not described in source.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx and Basin: Not described in source.
Flesh and Flavor: Greenish white, subacid.
Core and Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
October, November.
Uses
Cooking apple.
Subtypes and Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Source: Downing, A.J. The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America. 1900. (Citing Lindley.)
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Summer Broaden.
Summer Colman. Summer Broadend.
An old Norfolk, England, cooking Apple. Fruit above medium, roundish oblate, dull greenish yellow, tinged on the sunny side with dull pale brown. Flesh greenish white, subacid. October, November. (Lindley.)