Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Belvoir Seedling
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised by W.H. Divers, probably at Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1935. Fruits have firm, fine flesh with a sweet to subacid flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Belvoir Seedling United Kingdom, by 1935
- Seed parent Annie Elizabeth United Kingdom, about 1857
- Seed parent Blenheim Orange United Kingdom, about 1740
- Parent Reinette de Hollande
- Seed parent Blenheim Orange United Kingdom, about 1740
- Pollen parent Dumelow's Seedling United Kingdom, by 1800
- Seed parent Northern Greening United Kingdom, by 1826
- Seed parent Annie Elizabeth United Kingdom, about 1857
Sources
- Belvoir Seedling (accession 1935 - 008), 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 (early october); the other names.
