Goro
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in 1951 at the Swiss Federal Research Station, Wadenswil. Named and released in 1973. Fruits have crisp, juicy flesh with an aromatic flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Goro Switzerland, 1951
- Seed parent Golden Delicious United States, 1905
- Parent Grimes Golden United States, by 1804
- Pollen parent Schweizer Orange Switzerland, 1935
- Parent Ontario Canada, about 1820
- Parent Wagener United States, 1791
- Parent Northern Spy United States, about 1800
- Parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
- Parent Margil France, probably by 1608
- Parent Rosemary Russet United Kingdom, by 1831
- Parent Ontario Canada, about 1820
- Seed parent Golden Delicious United States, 1905
Sources
- Goro (accession 1974 - 356), 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).