Talk:Cornish Gilliflower

Introduced comercially
This strikes me as a bit odd -- how can a traditional cultivar have been "introduced comercially in 1813"? I imagine that these apples were bought and sold before 1813, and an apple isn't like a car -- it isn't normally "introduced". Perhaps today a large company could take a rare heirloom and begin selling it through large distribution channels -- in this event, it would make sense to speak of its "introduction". But in 1813? Maybe. But until we get a source, I'm taking it out. -- Zantastik  talk  10:38, 1 November 2007 (UTC)


 * I have reintroduced this date, which seems to be universally accepted, and given a source. It's interesting to note that 1813 is given for a number of apples - I see that a book Catalogue of Fruits was published that year and could be a common source. Saga City 14:16, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Perhaps it is William Aiton's An Epitome of the second edition of Hortus Kewensis 1814 . Kew Gardens issued a fruit tree catalogue again in 1826.--Felix Folio Secundus (talk) 18:29, 23 September 2009 (UTC)