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Apple varieties, United States

Idagold

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

Raised by Leif Verner, Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station, Moscow, Idaho, USA. It was selected in 1939 and introduced in 1944. Fruits have fine, soft flesh with a subacid flavour.

Family tree

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

Idagold United States, by 1939
- Seed parent Esopus Spitzenburg United States, before 1790
  - Parent Reinette Franche France, by 1540
    - Parent Reinette de Saintonge
- Pollen parent Wagener United States, 1791

Where Idagold came from. The lines lead to its parents: Esopus Spitzenburg (United States) and Wagener (United States).

Sources

Idagold (accession 1951 - 045), 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).