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Apple varieties, United States

Benoni

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

Raised in about 1830 on the farm of Mr Mason Richards, Dedham, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Introduced to England by Rivers of Sawbridgeworth. Fruits have tender, juicy flesh with a sweet and pleasant, moderately aromatic flavour.

Benoni
Where Benoni came from.

Sources

  1. Benoni (accession 1941 - 022), 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); the other names.
  2. 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 ploidy, diploid (supplementary table S1).

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