Apple varieties, United Kingdom
John Standish
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Believed to have been raised by John Standish at Ascot, Berkshire, England in about 1873. Introduced by Isaac House in 1921. It was Highly Commended by the RHS in 1921 and received an Award of Merit in 1922. Fruits have very firm, fine-textured juicy flesh which is moderately acid and refreshing.
Family tree
Offspring in the atlas
- Eden × Cox's Orange Pippin; United Kingdom, 1948
Sources
- John Standish (accession 1923 - 050), 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 (mid 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).
