Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Eden
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in 1948 by Mr E.J. Ingleby, Forest and Orchard Nurseries, Falfield, Gloucestershire. It was introduced in 1957 by Matthews Fruit Trees Ltd., Thurston, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. Fruits have fine flesh with a subacid, slightly sweet flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Eden United Kingdom, 1948
- Seed parent John Standish United Kingdom, about 1873
- Pollen 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
Sources
- Eden (accession 1957 - 003), 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 september); the other names.
