Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Baron Ward
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised at Elton Manor, Nottingham by Samuel Bradley in 1850. First exhibited in 1859. Fruits have soft, white flesh with an astringent flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Baron Ward United Kingdom, 1850
- Seed parent Dumelow's Seedling United Kingdom, by 1800
- Seed parent Northern Greening United Kingdom, by 1826
- Seed parent Dumelow's Seedling United Kingdom, by 1800
Sources
- Baron Ward (accession 1948 - 031), 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 october).
