Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Eynsham Dumpling
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised by F.W.Wastie, Eynsham, Oxford. It was received by the National Fruit Trials in 1960. Fruits have firm flesh with a rather acid and a little rich flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Eynsham Dumpling United Kingdom, by 1960
- Seed parent Blenheim Orange United Kingdom, about 1740
- Parent Reinette de Hollande
- Pollen parent Sandringham United Kingdom, by 1883
- Parent Woodford United Kingdom, by about 1900
- Parent Reine des Reinettes United Kingdom, by 1800
- Parent Reinette de Hollande
- Seed parent Blenheim Orange United Kingdom, about 1740
Sources
- Eynsham Dumpling (accession 1960 - 047), 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).
