Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Baker's Delicious
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Found in Wales and introduced in 1932 by Bakers of Codsall, Wolverhampton. Fruits are firm, crisp and juicy with a good aromatic flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Baker's Delicious United Kingdom, by 1932
- Parent Mother United States, by 1844
- Parent Aport Russia, late 18th century
- Parent Hawthornden United Kingdom, by 1780
- Parent James Grieve United Kingdom, by 1892
- Parent Potts' Seedling United Kingdom, about 1849
- Parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
- Parent Margil France, probably by 1608
- Parent Rosemary Russet United Kingdom, by 1831
- Parent Mother United States, by 1844
Sources
- Baker's Delicious (accession 1947 - 039), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (early september).
- 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, Mother and James Grieve, found from SNP data (supplementary table S3); its ploidy, diploid (supplementary table S1).
