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Apple varieties, United States

Beverly Hills

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

Raised in 1939 by Dr W.H. Chandler, University of California, USA. Introduced in 1945. Fruits have soft, tender white flesh with a sweet subacid, scented flavour.

Family tree

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

Beverly Hills United States, 1939
- Seed parent Melba Canada, 1898
  - Seed parent McIntosh Canada, 1811
  - Pollen parent Tetofsky
- Pollen parent Early McIntosh United States, 1909
  - Seed parent White Transparent Russia, by 1852
    - Parent Aspa
    - Parent Saint Germain
  - Pollen parent McIntosh Canada, 1811

Sources

Beverly Hills (accession 1964 - 033), 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 september).