Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Admiral
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised at Upton, Norfolk by A.K. Watson in about 1921. Introduced by Watson in about 1937. Fruits have soft, coarse flesh with a sweet flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Admiral United Kingdom, about 1921
- Parent Ralls Janet United States, about 1800
- Parent Jonathan United States, by 1826
- Parent Esopus Spitzenburg United States, before 1790
- Parent Reinette Franche France, by 1540
- Parent Esopus Spitzenburg United States, before 1790
Sources
- Admiral (accession 1951 - 148), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the parentage; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (early october); the other names.
- Using whole-genome SNP data to reconstruct a large multi-generation pedigree in apple germplasm, Hélène Muranty and others, BMC Plant Biology 20:2, 2020. Supports: its parents, Rall's Janet and Jonathan, found from SNP data (supplementary table S3); its ploidy, diploid (supplementary table S1).
