English Apples - High Cross Apple

This is a very strong-flavoured, rather acidic apple, only just tolerable as an eater. However it is excellent with cream or as an ingredient of fruit salad, and I've not found a better apple for drying; the strong flavour (a little like Yellow Ingestrie) makes it ideal.

The apple is extremely late and hangs on the tree until late Dec or early Jan. The flavour is intensely fruity and tart, mellowing by March.

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compiled by Nigel Deacon / Diversity website

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