Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Edward VII
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
First recorded in 1902. It was introduced by Rowe of Worcester in 1908. Received Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1903. Fruits have firm, rather coarse-textured, fairly juicy flesh with an acid flavour. An excellent cooker.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Edward VII United Kingdom, by 1902
- Seed parent Blenheim Orange United Kingdom, about 1740
- Parent Reinette de Hollande
- Pollen parent Golden Noble United Kingdom, by 1803
- Parent Reinette de Hollande
- Seed parent Blenheim Orange United Kingdom, about 1740
Sources
- Edward VII (accession 1921 - 015), 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 october); the other names.
- 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).
