Herma
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in the 1930s at the former Kaiser Wilhelm Institut, Muncheberg, Brandenburg, Germany. It was received by the National Fruit Trials in 1977. Fruits are crisp and juicy. Skin can be tough.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Herma Germany, 1930s
- Parent Jonathan United States, by 1826
- Parent Esopus Spitzenburg United States, before 1790
- Parent Reinette Franche France, by 1540
- Parent Esopus Spitzenburg United States, before 1790
- Parent Ontario Canada, about 1820
- Parent Wagener United States, 1791
- Parent Northern Spy United States, about 1800
- Parent Jonathan United States, by 1826
Sources
- Herma (accession 1977 - 093), 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 october).
- 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, Jonathan and Ontario, found from SNP data (supplementary table S3); its ploidy, diploid (supplementary table S1).
