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Apple varieties, United States

Criterion

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

Discovered in 1968 by Francis Cites in his Parker Heights orchard, near Wapato, Washington, USA. Fruits are firm, crisp and sweet with a good flavour.

Family tree

Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.

Criterion United States, 1968
- Seed parent Golden Delicious United States, 1905
  - Parent Grimes Golden United States, by 1804
- Pollen parent Delicious United States, 1872
  - Parent Winesap United States, by 1817

Where Criterion came from. The lines lead to its parents: Golden Delicious (United States) and Delicious (United States).

Sources

Criterion (accession 1976 - 077), 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 october).