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Apple varieties, United States

Blaze

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

Raised in 1939 at Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, Urbana, USA and introduced in 1958. Fruits are crisp and sweet.

Family tree

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

Blaze United States, 1939
- Seed parent Collins United States, about 1865
- Pollen parent Fanny

Where Blaze came from. The lines lead to its parents: Collins (United States).

Sources

Blaze (accession 1974 - 047), 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 (late september).