Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Doctor Hogg
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised by Sidney Ford, gardener at Leonardslee, Horsham, Sussex. Introduced in about 1880 by W. Paul & Son. It received a First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1878. Fruits have tender flesh with a sweet and subacid flavour. Cooks well.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Doctor Hogg United Kingdom, by 1878
- Seed parent Calville Blanc
Sources
- Doctor Hogg (accession 1949 - 133), 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 september); the other names.
