Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Beauty of Blackmoor
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in 1947 at Long Ashton Research Station, Bristol by G.T. Spinks. It was originally called ‘Apollo’. Fruits are very similar to Beauty of Bath, but have better colour and quality.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Beauty of Blackmoor United Kingdom, 1947
- Seed parent Worcester Pearmain United Kingdom, by 1873
- Seed parent Devonshire Quarrenden United Kingdom, by 1678
- Pollen parent Beauty of Bath United Kingdom, about 1864
- Parent Margaret United Kingdom, by 1665
- Seed parent Worcester Pearmain United Kingdom, by 1873
Sources
- Beauty of Blackmoor (accession 1981 - 092), 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).
