Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Cheddar Cross
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in 1916 by G.T.Spinks at Long Ashton Research Station, Bristol. Introduced in 1949. Fruits have firm, fine-textured flesh which is somewhat acid with little flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Cheddar Cross United Kingdom, 1916
- Seed parent Allington Pippin United Kingdom, before 1884
- Seed parent Reine des Reinettes United Kingdom, by 1800
- Parent Reinette de Hollande
- Pollen parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
- Parent Margil France, probably by 1608
- Parent Rosemary Russet United Kingdom, by 1831
- Seed parent Reine des Reinettes United Kingdom, by 1800
- Pollen parent Star of Devon United Kingdom, by 1905
- Seed parent Allington Pippin United Kingdom, before 1884
Sources
- Cheddar Cross (accession 1973 - 134), 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).
- Ploidy level (descriptor 115159), study MALUS.PLOIDYDETERMINATION.2008, USDA Agricultural Research Service, GRIN-Global, 2008. Supports: its ploidy, diploid, measured by flow cytometry on accession PI 589656 of the USDA apple collection at Geneva, New York.
