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Apple varieties, Belgium

Decosta

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

A slightly striped, dark red clone of Jonagold. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1988 from Mr H. Decoster, Belgium. Fruits have juicy, sweet flesh with a good, rich flavour.

Family tree

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

Decosta Belgium, by 1988
- 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

Sources

Decosta (accession 1998 - 015), 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).