Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Hood's Supreme
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in 1924 by Miss B.Y. Hood at Duriehill, Edzell, Angus, Scotland. Fruits have very coarse, soft flesh with a very sweet flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Hood's Supreme United Kingdom, 1924
- Parent James Grieve United Kingdom, by 1892
- Parent Potts' Seedling United Kingdom, about 1849
- Parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
- Parent Margil France, probably by 1608
- Parent Rosemary Russet United Kingdom, by 1831
- Parent Charles Ross United Kingdom, by 1890
- Parent Peasgood's Nonsuch United Kingdom, about 1858
- Parent Aport Russia, late 18th century
- Parent Golden Noble United Kingdom, by 1803
- Parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
- Parent Margil France, probably by 1608
- Parent Rosemary Russet United Kingdom, by 1831
- Parent Peasgood's Nonsuch United Kingdom, about 1858
- Parent James Grieve United Kingdom, by 1892
Sources
- Hood's Supreme (accession 1938 - 005), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (early 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, James Grieve and Charles Ross, found from SNP data (supplementary table S3); its ploidy, diploid (supplementary table S1).
