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Apple varieties, Switzerland

Elbee

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

A slightly coloured clone of Golden Delicious with less russet. Discovered in Switzerland by Leo Basser. Fruits are sweet, crisp and juicy.

Family tree

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

Elbee Switzerland
- Sport of Golden Delicious United States, 1905
  - Parent Grimes Golden United States, by 1804

Sources

Elbee (accession 1986 - 042), 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 (late october).