From the Living Museum
Red Devil
- Origin
- Faversham, Kent, England; raised in 1975 by Hugh Ermen
- Era
- 1975
- Type / use
- Dessert · Fresh eating
History & Stories
Attractive red fruit with reported good dessert quality. Collectors’ variety.
Folklore & Name
Name is modern/descriptive. Attractive red fruit with reported good dessert quality. Raised by Hugh Ermen at Faversham, Kent, in 1975 1.
Digging into the History
Below my own notes, here is what the old fruit books and today’s collections record about this apple, kept apart from the stories people tell.
What we know
Red Devil was raised in 1975 by Hugh Ermen at Faversham, Kent, England, the home of the UK's national apple collection 1. Its fruit is crisp and juicy, with flesh stained pink 1.
What we think: stories & traditions
A modern apple with a devilish name. The name probably refers to the red skin and pink-stained flesh 1; we found no record of why Ermen chose it. We found little else about it.
Sources
- UK National Fruit Collection, "Red Devil." www.nationalfruitcollection.org.uk/full2.php?id=5021&fruit=apple
Curious about Red Devil?
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