Galton
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised by W.T.Macoun, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Canada. Introduced in 1915. Fruits have soft flesh with a sweet flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Galton Canada, by 1915
- Seed parent Northern Spy United States, about 1800
Sources
- Galton (accession 1930 - 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 (late september).
