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Apple varieties, United Kingdom

Cornish Aromatic

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

Originally found growing in Cornwall. It was brought to notice in 1813 but thought to be many centuries old. Fruits have firm, rather dry flesh with a rich, aromatic flavour.

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Offspring in the atlas

6 varieties in the atlas descend from Cornish Aromatic.

Cornish Aromatic
Where Cornish Aromatic came from.

Sources

  1. Cornish Aromatic (accession 1920 - 020), 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 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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