Lindel
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in 1939 at the Smithfield Experimental Farm, Ontario, Canada. It was introduced in 1971. Fruits have juicy, cream-coloured flesh which is slightly coarse but firm in texture. Moderate acidity.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Lindel Canada, 1939
- Seed parent Richared Delicious United States, about 1915
- Pollen parent Linda Canada, by 1908
- Seed parent Langford Beauty
Sources
- Lindel (accession 1975 - 208), 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).
