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Apple varieties, United States

Carlton

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

Raised in 1912 by Richard Wellington at New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, USA. Fruits have firm, fine flesh with a subacid flavour.

Family tree

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

Carlton United States, 1912
- Seed parent Autumn Bough
- Pollen parent Red Astrachan Russia, before 1816
  - Parent Passe Pomme Rouge
  - Parent Saint Germain

Offspring in the atlas

Niagara × McIntosh; United States, 1950
Redhook × McIntosh; United States, 1923

Where Carlton came from.

Sources

Carlton (accession 1952 - 114), 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 august).