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Apple varieties, Serbia

Mariborka

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

Raised at the Institut Za Vocarstvo, Cacak, Yugoslavia. Fruits are crisp and juicy with a rich, aromatic flavour.

Family tree

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

Mariborka Serbia
- Seed parent Golden Pearmain
- Pollen parent Jonathan United States, by 1826
  - Parent Esopus Spitzenburg United States, before 1790
    - Parent Reinette Franche France, by 1540

Where Mariborka came from. The lines lead to its parents: Jonathan (United States).

Sources

Mariborka (accession 1972 - 129), 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).