Cottenham Seedling apple

[English]

A variety of cooking apple raised by Mr Robert Norman of Cottenham in Cambridgeshire some time before 1924. It is a a round apple with light red flushing over golden yellow. One of its antecedents is Dumelow's seedling. It cooks to a lemon-coloured purée. This is a late-season apple variety which is harvested from mid-October in South-East England, is stored and is at its best from November to March.

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