Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Crowngold
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
A more highly coloured sport of Jonagold having a more solid bright red colour. It was selected at the National Fruit Trials. Fruits have sweet, juicy, melting flesh.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Crowngold United Kingdom
- Sport of Jonagold United States, 1943
- Seed parent Golden Delicious United States, 1905
- Parent Grimes Golden United States, by 1804
- Pollen parent Jonathan United States, by 1826
- Parent Esopus Spitzenburg United States, before 1790
- Seed parent Golden Delicious United States, 1905
- Sport of Jonagold United States, 1943
Sources
- Crowngold (accession 2000 - 012), 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 october).
