Directeur van de Plassche apple

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

Raised in 1935 at the Institute for Horticultural Plant Breeding, Wageningen, The Netherlands. Fruits are juicy with a slightly subacid flavour.

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

Directeur van de Plassche Netherlands, 1935
- Seed 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
- Pollen parent Jonathan United States, by 1826
  - Parent Esopus Spitzenburg United States, before 1790
    - Parent Reinette Franche France, by 1540

Sources

Directeur van de Plassche (accession 1955 - 014), 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 (early october).

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