Astillisch
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in 1929 at the former Kaiser-Wilhelm Institut, Muncheberg, Germany. Fruits have soft, juicy flesh and can be rather acid.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Astillisch Germany, 1929
- Parent Red Astrachan Russia, before 1816
- Parent Passe Pomme Rouge
- Parent Saint Germain
- Parent Signe Tillisch Denmark, 1866
- Parent Aport Russia, late 18th century
- Parent London Pippin United Kingdom, by 1580
- Parent Red Astrachan Russia, before 1816
Sources
- Astillisch (accession 1967 - 002), 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 (mid august).
- 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, Red Astrachan and Signe Tillisch, found from SNP data (supplementary table S3); its ploidy, diploid (supplementary table S1).
