Origins - Raised by Jacobs, a farm foreman, in the mid-1800s, at Sharsted Farm in Kent, England.
It originally went by the name of Jacob's Strawberry.
Type -Dessert apple.
Season - Early season
Size & Shape - Medium sized, sometimes large, short and round, often tending to conical.
Colour - Skin is green, ripening to golden with a pink blush and some darker red stripes.
Taste - The flesh is yellow, firm, dry and very sweet, can sometimes be slightly astringent.
Storage - Does not keep well in storage - eat fresh
Pollination - Group D.
Alfriston, Allans ever lasting, Ballaratt, Captain Kidd, Discovery, Fuji, Freyberg, Granny smith, Merton Worcester, Peasgood nonsuch, Spartan.
Origins - Raised by Jacobs, a farm foreman, in the mid-1800s, at Sharsted Farm in Kent, England.
It originally went by the name of Jacob's Strawberry.
Type -Dessert apple.
Season - Early season
Size & Shape - Medium sized, sometimes large, short and round, often tending to conical.
Colour - Skin is green, ripening to golden with a pink blush and some darker red stripes.
Taste - The flesh is yellow, firm, dry and very sweet, can sometimes be slightly astringent.
Storage - Does not keep well in storage - eat fresh
Pollination - Group D.
Alfriston, Allans ever lasting, Ballaratt, Captain Kidd, Discovery, Fuji, Freyberg, Granny smith, Merton Worcester, Peasgood nonsuch, Spartan.