Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Charles Ross
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised by Charles Ross at Welford Park Gardens, Newbury, Berkshire. It was first exhibited in 1890 as Thomas Andrew Knight but renamed Charles Ross at the request of his employer, Captain Carstairs in 1899. Received an Award of Merit and a First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1899. Fruits are rather coarse-textured, juicy and sweet with a moderate flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- 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 Reinette de Hollande
- 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
- Parent Peasgood's Nonsuch United Kingdom, about 1858
Offspring in the atlas
- Charles Eyre × Ecklinville; United Kingdom, by 1911
- Eros × Worcester Pearmain; United Kingdom, 1947
- Guelph × Rival; United Kingdom, by 1912
- Hood's Supreme × James Grieve; United Kingdom, 1924
- Upton Pyne × Lord Derby; United Kingdom, by 1910
Sources
- Charles Ross (accession 1979 - 156), 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); the other names.
- 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, Peasgood's Nonsuch and Cox's Orange Pippin, found from SNP data (supplementary table S3); its ploidy, diploid (supplementary table S1).
