Great Expectations
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Originated from Ireland. It was described in 1951. Fruits become very greasy. Flesh is firm and crisp and has a sweet flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Great Expectations Ireland, by 1951
- Seed parent red sport of Cox
- Pollen parent Egremont Russet United Kingdom, first recorded 1872
Sources
- Great Expectations (accession 1967 - 008), 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).
