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Apple varieties, Netherlands

Koningin Juliana

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

Raised in 1935 at the Horticultural Laboratory, Wageningen, The Netherlands. It was introduced in 1952. Fruits have firm, medium textured flesh with a subacid flavour.

Family tree

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

Koningin Juliana Netherlands, 1935
- Seed parent Reinette Rouge Etoilee
- Pollen 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 Koningin Juliana came from. The lines lead to its parents: Cox's Orange Pippin (United Kingdom).

Sources

Koningin Juliana (accession 1955 - 006), 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 (late september).