Imperiale

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

Received 1947. Origin: Received from Angers, France.

Family tree

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

Imperiale France, by 1947
- Seed parent York Imperial United States, 1820
  - Parent Newtown Pippin United States, early 18th century

Where Imperiale came from. The lines lead to its parents: York Imperial (United States).

Imperiale (accession 1947 - 462), 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 (early 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 ploidy, diploid (supplementary table S1).