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Apple varieties, Netherlands

Leonie de Sonnaville

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

Raised by P. de Sonnaville, IVT, Wageningen, The Netherlands. It was received by the National Fruit Trials in 1974. Fruits are sweet and juicy with an aromatic flavour.

Family tree

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

Leonie de Sonnaville Netherlands, by 1974
- 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 Jonathan United States, by 1826
  - Parent Esopus Spitzenburg United States, before 1790
    - Parent Reinette Franche France, by 1540

Where Leonie de Sonnaville came from. The lines lead to its parents: Cox's Orange Pippin (United Kingdom) and Jonathan (United States).

Sources

Leonie de Sonnaville (accession 1974 - 339), 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).