Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Exeter Cross
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in 1924 by G.T. Spinks at Long Ashton Research Station, Bristol. It was named in 1953. Fruits have firm, crisp, juicy flesh with a sweet and refreshing flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Exeter Cross United Kingdom, 1924
- Seed parent Worcester Pearmain United Kingdom, by 1873
- Seed parent Devonshire Quarrenden United Kingdom, by 1678
- Pollen parent Beauty of Bath United Kingdom, about 1864
- Parent Margaret United Kingdom, by 1665
- Seed parent Worcester Pearmain United Kingdom, by 1873
Sources
- Exeter Cross (accession 1973 - 135), 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 august).
