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Apple varieties, United Kingdom

King George V

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

Raised in about 1898 by Lady Thorncroft at Bembridge, Isle of Wight, England. It was introduced by J. Cheal & Sons, nurserymen, Crawley, Sussex. Received Award of Merit from RHS in 1928. Fruits have crisp, fine-textured, moderately juicy flesh with a subacid and good aromatic flavour.

Family tree

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

King George V United Kingdom, about 1898
- 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

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

Sources

King George V (accession 1927 - 067), 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 (mid october).