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Sops of Wine

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'Sops of Wine' or 'Sops in Wine'
SpeciesMalus domestica

'Sops of Wine' refers to two similar old English apple cultivars that have flesh stained with dark red, looking like bread soaked in wine.[1] One of them is also known as 'Rode Wyn Appel' and 'Sapson'.[1] They have also been known as 'Shropshirevine', 'Strawberry', and 'Washington'.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b National Fruit Collection (UK), retrieved 8 June 2016
  2. ^ Beach, S.A.; Booth, N.O.; Taylor, O.M. (1905), "Sops of Wine", The apples of New York, vol. 2, Albany: J. B. Lyon, pp. 203–204