Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Bess Pool
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Discovered in a wood in Nottinghamshire by Bess Pool. It was first recorded in 1824 and introduced by nurseryman, Pearson, of Chilwell, Nottinghamshire. This apple flowers very late and is therefore useful in areas prone to frost. Fruits have rather dry, slightly coarse-textured flesh with a sweet and pleasant flavour.
Family tree
Offspring in the atlas
- Cottenham Seedling × Dumelow's Seedling; United Kingdom, by 1924
- New Bess Pool United Kingdom, before 1850
- Saint Martin's × Cox's Orange Pippin; United Kingdom, by 1896
Sources
- Bess Pool (accession 1957 - 209), 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 october); the other names.
- 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).
