Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Eros
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in 1947 by W.D. Seabrook at Boreham, Essex. Fruits have crisp flesh with a subacid, slightly sweet flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Eros United Kingdom, 1947
- Seed parent Worcester Pearmain United Kingdom, by 1873
- Seed parent Devonshire Quarrenden United Kingdom, by 1678
- Pollen parent Charles Ross United Kingdom, by 1890
- Parent Peasgood's Nonsuch United Kingdom, about 1858
- Parent Aport Russia, late 18th century
- Parent Golden Noble United Kingdom, by 1803
- Parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
- Parent Margil France, probably by 1608
- Parent Rosemary Russet United Kingdom, by 1831
- Parent Peasgood's Nonsuch United Kingdom, about 1858
- Seed parent Worcester Pearmain United Kingdom, by 1873
Sources
- Eros (accession 1963 - 005), 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).
