Apple varieties, United Kingdom
George Carpenter
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in 1902 by George Carpenter at West Hall Gardens, Byfleet, Surrey. Fruits have firm, fine-textured, juicy, sweet flesh with a good aromatic flavour somewhat like Blenheim Orange.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- George Carpenter United Kingdom, 1902
- Parent Peasgood's Nonsuch United Kingdom, about 1858
- Parent Aport Russia, late 18th century
- Parent Golden Noble United Kingdom, by 1803
- Parent Reinette de Hollande
- Parent Reine des Reinettes United Kingdom, by 1800
- Parent Reinette de Hollande
- Parent Peasgood's Nonsuch United Kingdom, about 1858
Sources
- George Carpenter (accession 1957 - 163), 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 (mid september).
- Using whole-genome SNP data to reconstruct a large multi-generation pedigree in apple germplasm, Hélène Muranty and others, BMC Plant Biology 20:2, 2020. Supports: its parents, Peasgood's Nonsuch and King of the Pippins, found from SNP data (supplementary table S3); its ploidy, diploid (supplementary table S1).
