Flower of Kent
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flower-of-kent-258-265496
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Flower of Kent
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The Flower of Kent is a green cultivar of cooking apple. According to the story, this is the apple Isaac Newton saw falling to ground from its tree, inspiring his laws of universal gravitation. It is pear-shaped, mealy, and sub-acid, and of generally poor quality by today's standards. As its name suggests, this cultivar likely originated from Kent, England. Though now largely gone from commercial cultivation, a handful of Flower of Kent trees remain. Most, if not all, are said to descend from tr
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Reputed to be the apple cultivar that inspired Isaac Newton's apple analogy of gravitation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower_of_Kent
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2024-04-19T08:46:01Z
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