Apple varieties, United Kingdom
John Divers
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in 1905 possibly by nurseryman W.H. Divers, Surbiton, Surrey. Fruits have firm, fine, fairly tender flesh with a somewhat acid flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- John Divers United Kingdom, 1905
- Seed parent Jenkinson's Seedling
- Pollen parent Baumann's Reinette Belgium, by 1811
Sources
- John Divers (accession 1932 - 005), 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 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 ploidy, diploid (supplementary table S1).
