Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Delectable
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
A chance seedling originating with Mr Trayhorne in Berkshire. It was introduced in 1952 by Pope Bros., of Wokingham. Fruits are sweet, crisp and juicy with a vinous flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Delectable United Kingdom, by 1952
- Parent Queen United Kingdom, 1858
- Parent Aport Russia, late 18th century
- Parent Hawthornden United Kingdom, by 1780
- Parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
- Parent Margil France, probably by 1608
- Parent Rosemary Russet United Kingdom, by 1831
- Parent Nonpareil France, by the mid 1500s
- Parent Queen United Kingdom, 1858
Sources
- Delectable (accession 1953 - 055), 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 september).
- 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 parents, Queen and Cox's Orange Pippin, found from SNP data (supplementary table S3); its ploidy, diploid (supplementary table S1).
