Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Charles Eyre
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised by Charles Ross at Welford Park, Newbury, Berkshire. Introduced by Pope Brothers of Wokingham in about 1911. Received an Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1911. Fruits are soft, coarse-textured, rather dry and acid.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Charles Eyre United Kingdom, by 1911
- Parent Ecklinville United Kingdom, by 1800
- Parent Charles Ross United Kingdom, by 1890
- Parent Peasgood's Nonsuch United Kingdom, about 1858
- Parent Aport Russia, late 18th century
- Parent Golden Noble United Kingdom, by 1803
- Parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
- Parent Margil France, probably by 1608
- Parent Rosemary Russet United Kingdom, by 1831
- Parent Peasgood's Nonsuch United Kingdom, about 1858
Sources
- Charles Eyre (accession 1921 - 010), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (mid september).
- Using whole-genome SNP data to reconstruct a large multi-generation pedigree in apple germplasm, Hélène Muranty and others, BMC Plant Biology 20:2, 2020. Supports: its parents, Ecklinville and Charles Ross, found from SNP data (supplementary table S3); its ploidy, diploid (supplementary table S1).
