Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Fortune
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in 1904 by Laxton Brothers Ltd. at Bedford, England and introduced in 1931. It received a First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1948. Fruits have fairly 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.
- 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
- Parent Nonpareil France, by the mid 1500s
- Pollen parent Wealthy United States, about 1860
- Parent Jonathan United States, by 1826
- Parent Esopus Spitzenburg United States, before 1790
- Parent Duchess of Oldenburg Russia, 1700s or earlier
- Parent Jonathan United States, by 1826
- Seed parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
Offspring in the atlas
- Fisher Fortune United Kingdom, about 1960
Sources
- Fortune (accession 1974 - 343), 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 (tree 1); the other names.
