Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Encore
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised by Charles Ross at Welford Park, Newbury, Berkshire. First recorded in 1906. It was introduced in 1908 by J. Cheal of Crawley, Sussex. Received an Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1906 and a First Class Certificate in 1908. Fruits have soft, rather coarse-textured, juicy flesh with a subacid flavour. An excellent cooker.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Encore United Kingdom, by 1906
- Seed parent Warner's King United Kingdom, by the late 1700s
- Pollen parent Northern Greening United Kingdom, by 1826
Sources
- Encore (accession 1921 - 014), 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 october).
