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Apple varieties, France

Marstar

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

A more highly coloured clone of Melrose originating with Star Fruits, Vedene, France. Fruits have moderately firm, a little coarse-textured flesh with a juicy, sweet, pleasant flavour.

Family tree

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

Marstar France
- Sport of Melrose (2) United States, by 1937
  - Parent Jonathan United States, by 1826
    - Parent Esopus Spitzenburg United States, before 1790
  - Parent Delicious United States, 1872
    - Parent Winesap United States, by 1817

Where Marstar came from. The lines lead to its parents: Melrose (2) (United States).

Sources

Marstar (accession 1982 - 197), 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).