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Apple varieties, United States

Britemac

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

Raised in 1934 by Prof. M.A. Blake at New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, U.S.A. Fruits are sweet, crisp and juicy with a flavour similar to McIntosh.

Family tree

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

Britemac United States, 1934
- Seed parent Melba-McIntosh open pollinated
- Pollen parent Kildare-Langford Beauty open pollinated

Where Britemac came from.

Sources

Britemac (accession 1974 - 049), 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 (mid september).