The World of Apples

Apple varieties, United States

Collins

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

Originated 1865 approx. From Arkansas, Fayetteville, U.S.A..

Family tree

Offspring in the atlas

  • Blaze × Fanny; United States, 1939
  • Skinlite × Golden Delicious; Italy, 1947
Collins
Where Collins came from.

Sources

  1. Collins (accession 1947 - 136), 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 (late october); the other names.
  2. 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 ploidy, diploid (supplementary table S1).

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