Through my research I am also looking at the future of heritage apples from a market angle. One of these is promoting the nutritional value of the fruit.
Somewhere in the information I have read I have come across reference to an apple called Pendragon that is being hailed as a superfood due to its particular phytochemicals.
I cannot find the reference, does anyone know of this, and/or have any further information on the subject of health benefits of apples?
Barbara Tremain-Howard
I know of this apple I grafted some from scion wood this year.
For a picture and some info:
http://devon-apples.co.uk/apple-core/45/57/pendragon/
You may buy one here http://www.cornishappletrees.co.uk/7.html
I would like to know where I can purchase Heritage Pendragon pectin powder which is made into salvestrol. This is the super food mentioned above.
Thank You
An article in the ‘Daily Telegraph’ of 8 September claimed that the Pendragon apple was grown in England since the 12th century, but this does not fit the known facts, at least under this name.
The name, ‘Pendragon’, is not recorded in the ‘Oxford English Dictionary’, ‘The Middle English Dictionary, or the ‘English Dialect Dictionary’. Indeed, Pendragon as a personal name is not recorded before Malory (1470-85) in ‘Morte d’Arthur’ . How do they know the apple variety is more than 800 years’ old? The name ‘Pendragon’ for this apple sounds as fake as Arthur’s Hall in the main street of Tintagel.