Clivia
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised by Prof. M. Schmidt at the Agricultural Research Station, Munchenberg, Brandenburg, Germany. Introduced in 1961. Fruits have a flavour very like Cox’s Orange Pippin.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Clivia Germany, by 1961
- Seed parent Geheimrat Doktor Oldenburg Germany, 1897
- Parent Aport Russia, late 18th century
- Parent Ananas Reinette Netherlands, by 1821
- Parent Golden Harvey United Kingdom, 1600s
- Pollen 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
- Seed parent Geheimrat Doktor Oldenburg Germany, 1897
Offspring in the atlas
Sources
- Clivia (accession 1977 - 091), 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 september).
