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Apple varieties, United States

Holiday

The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it¹:

Raised in 1940 by F.S. Howlett at Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, Wooster, Ohio, USA. It was named and introduced in 1964. Fruits are sweet, crisp and juicy with a slight vinous flavour.

Family tree

Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.

Holiday United States, 1940
- Seed parent Macoun United States, 1909
  - Seed parent McIntosh Canada, 1811
  - Pollen parent Jersey Black United States, by 1817
- Pollen parent Jonathan United States, by 1826
  - Parent Esopus Spitzenburg United States, before 1790
    - Parent Reinette Franche France, by 1540

Where Holiday came from. The lines lead to its parents: Macoun (United States) and Jonathan (United States).

Sources

Holiday (accession 1965 - 034), 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 october).