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Apple varieties, Switzerland

Arlet

The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it¹:

Raised at the Federal Agricultural Research Station, Wadenswil, Switzerland. Received by the National Fruit Collection, Brogdale in 1995. Fruits are sweet, crisp and juicy with a slightly perfumed flavour.

Family tree

Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.

Arlet Switzerland, by 1995
- Seed parent Golden Delicious United States, 1905
  - Parent Grimes Golden United States, by 1804
- Pollen parent Idared United States, selected 1935
  - Parent Jonathan United States, by 1826
    - Parent Esopus Spitzenburg United States, before 1790
  - Parent Wagener United States, 1791

Where Arlet came from. The lines lead to its parents: Golden Delicious (United States) and Idared (United States).

Sources

Arlet (accession 1994 - 040), 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).