Description
First grown at Melrose Abbey in the Borders of Scotland, and recorded in 1831 - but may have been grown there as far back as the 17th C. This hardy and heavy cropping variety is a good early cooker with an outstanding flavour, that keeps some shape when cooked. The fruit are pale green in appearance, fading to yellow on the sunny side, and with a tender and juicy flesh.
"This apple was recorded in 1831, but it is thought much older, probably grown on this site prior to the 1600s by the monks of Melrose. Once grown commercially on Tweedside, its production seems to have been confined to the locality, though Hogg proclaims it as 'a very valuable and fine-looking apple, of first-rate quality ...for culinary purposes or dessert.' A large, ribbed, round-shouldered apple, with pale green skin, glowing milky yellow on the sunny side, it is tender and juicy with a sweet subacid flavour. Fruit is sometimes available in season from the Priorwood Gardens." © Lin Hawthorne - 'The Northern Pomona'.
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