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Apple varieties, United Kingdom

Beauty of Bedford

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

Raised before 1913 by Laxton Bros. Ltd., in Bedford. Fruits have firm, yellow flesh with a sweet flavour.

Family tree

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

Beauty of Bedford United Kingdom, before 1913
- Seed parent Lady Sudeley United Kingdom, about 1849
- Pollen parent Beauty of Bath United Kingdom, about 1864
  - Parent Margaret United Kingdom, by 1665

Where Beauty of Bedford came from. The lines lead to its parents: Lady Sudeley (United Kingdom) and Beauty of Bath (United Kingdom).

Sources

Beauty of Bedford (accession 1913 - 009), 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 september).