Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Fisher Fortune
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
A more highly coloured sport of Fortune. It was discovered in about 1960 on the farm of A.M. Fisher, Holmlea Farms Ltd., Elverland, Faversham, Kent. Fruits have moderately firm, rather coarse-textured, juicy flesh with a sweet and good aromatic flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Fisher Fortune United Kingdom, about 1960
- Sport of Fortune United Kingdom, 1904
- Seed parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
- Parent Margil France, probably by 1608
- Parent Rosemary Russet United Kingdom, by 1831
- Pollen parent Wealthy United States, about 1860
- Parent Jonathan United States, by 1826
- Parent Duchess of Oldenburg Russia, 1700s or earlier
- Seed parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
- Sport of Fortune United Kingdom, 1904
Sources
- Fisher Fortune (accession 1962 - 045), 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).
