Cornish Gillyflower apples
The Cornish Gilliflower is a cultivar of apple.
It is so named as it was found in Truro, Cornwall around 1800 the word 'gilliflower' being a corruption of a French word Girofle meaning clove, believed to be a reference to its odour when cut. The cultivar was brought to the attention of commercial growers in 1813[1].The leaves are small and the tree is not a strong grower. It ripens in October.[2]
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