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Apple varieties, United Kingdom

Jupiter

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

Triploid. Raised in 1966 at East Malling Research Station, Kent. It was introduced in 1981. Fruits are sweet and juicy with a good texture and Cox-like flavour.

Family tree

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

Jupiter United Kingdom, 1966
- Seed parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
  - Parent Margil France, probably by 1608
  - Parent Rosemary Russet United Kingdom, by 1831
    - Parent Nonpareil France, by the mid 1500s
- Pollen parent Starking United States, 1921
  - Sport of Delicious United States, 1872
    - Parent Winesap United States, by 1817

Where Jupiter came from. The lines lead to its parents: Cox's Orange Pippin (United Kingdom).

Sources

Jupiter (accession 1972 - 191), 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).