Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Houblon
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised by Charles Ross at Welford Park, Newbury, Berkshire, England. First recorded in 1901 when it received an Award of Merit from the RHS. Fruits have firm, slightly coarse-textured, moderately juicy flesh which is a little acid with a good aromatic, slightly aniseed flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Houblon United Kingdom, by 1901
- Seed parent Peasgood's Nonsuch United Kingdom, about 1858
- Parent Aport Russia, late 18th century
- Parent Golden Noble United Kingdom, by 1803
- Parent Reinette de Hollande
- Pollen parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
- Parent Margil France, probably by 1608
- Parent Rosemary Russet United Kingdom, by 1831
- Parent Nonpareil France, by the mid 1500s
- Seed parent Peasgood's Nonsuch United Kingdom, about 1858
Offspring in the atlas
- Peacemaker × Rival; United Kingdom, by 1913
Sources
- Houblon (accession 1921 - 013), 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); the other names.
