Juno
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in Germany at the Institute of Agriculture and Horticulture. Introduced in 1971. Fruits have a slightly acid flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Juno Germany, by 1971
- Seed parent Ontario Canada, about 1820
- Parent Wagener United States, 1791
- Parent Northern Spy United States, about 1800
- Pollen parent London Pippin United Kingdom, by 1580
- Seed parent Ontario Canada, about 1820
Sources
- Juno (accession 1994 - 058), 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).
