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Apple varieties, United Kingdom

Elton Beauty

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

Originated at Ince Orchards, Chester. It was introduced by 1952. Fruits have soft, fine flesh with a subacid and aromatic flavour.

Family tree

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

Elton Beauty United Kingdom, by 1952
- Seed parent James Grieve United Kingdom, by 1892
  - Parent Potts' Seedling United Kingdom, about 1849
  - Parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
    - Parent Margil France, probably by 1608
    - Parent Rosemary Russet United Kingdom, by 1831
- Pollen parent Worcester Pearmain United Kingdom, by 1873
  - Seed parent Devonshire Quarrenden United Kingdom, by 1678

Where Elton Beauty came from. The lines lead to its parents: James Grieve (United Kingdom) and Worcester Pearmain (United Kingdom).

Sources

Elton Beauty (accession 1963 - 108), 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).