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Apple varieties, United Kingdom

Exquisite

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

Raised in 1902 by Laxton Bros. at Bedford, England. It received the Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1926. Fruits have firm, crisp and juicy flesh with a good aromatic flavour.

Family tree

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

Exquisite United Kingdom, 1902
- Seed parent Cellini United Kingdom, by about 1828
  - Seed parent Hubbardston Nonsuch United States, by 1832
- Pollen parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
  - Parent Margil France, probably by 1608
  - Parent Rosemary Russet United Kingdom, by 1831
    - Parent Nonpareil France, by the mid 1500s

Offspring in the atlas

Laxton's Favourite × Cox's Orange Pippin; United Kingdom, 1925
Laxton's Victory × Cox's Orange Pippin; United Kingdom, 1926

Where Exquisite came from. The lines lead to its parents: Cellini (United Kingdom) and Cox's Orange Pippin (United Kingdom).

Sources

Exquisite (accession 1957 - 197), 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 august); the other names.