Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Easter Orange
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Introduced by nurserymen, Hillier & Sons, Winchester. It was first recorded in 1897 in which year it also received the Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. Fruits have crisp, firm flesh with a sweet and aromatic flavour.
Sources
- Easter Orange (accession 1941 - 007), 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 (early october).
- 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 ploidy, diploid (supplementary table S1).
