Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Limelight
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised by Mr H. Ermen, Faversham, Kent in about 1985. Introduced in 2000. Fruits have firm, juicy flesh with a fairly sweet and pleasant flavour. Good resistance to scab and mildew.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Limelight United Kingdom, about 1985
- Seed parent Discovery United Kingdom, about 1949
- Seed parent Worcester Pearmain United Kingdom, by 1873
- Seed parent Devonshire Quarrenden United Kingdom, by 1678
- Pollen parent Beauty of Bath United Kingdom, about 1864
- Parent Margaret United Kingdom, by 1665
- Seed parent Worcester Pearmain United Kingdom, by 1873
- Pollen parent Greensleeves United Kingdom, 1966
- Seed parent James Grieve United Kingdom, by 1892
- Parent Potts' Seedling United Kingdom, about 1849
- Parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
- Pollen parent Golden Delicious United States, 1905
- Parent Grimes Golden United States, by 1804
- Seed parent James Grieve United Kingdom, by 1892
- Seed parent Discovery United Kingdom, about 1949
Sources
- Limelight (accession 2000 - 151), 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.
