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Apple varieties, United Kingdom

Carswell's Honeydew

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

Raised in 1939 by J.W. Carswell at Ashtead, Surrey. Fruits are crisp and juicy with a sweet, almost honeyed flavour.

Family tree

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

Carswell's Honeydew United Kingdom, 1939
- Seed parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
  - Parent Margil France, probably by 1608
  - Parent Rosemary Russet United Kingdom, by 1831
    - Parent Nonpareil France, by the mid 1500s

Where Carswell's Honeydew came from.

Sources

Carswell's Honeydew (accession 1964 - 035), 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).