Apple varieties, United Kingdom
May Beauty
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Received 1945. From Received from D. & J. Walker, Ham, Surrey, England.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- May Beauty United Kingdom, by 1945
- Seed parent Newtown Pippin United States, early 18th century
- Pollen parent Golden Pippin United Kingdom, by 1629
Sources
- May Beauty (accession 1945 - 014), 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 (late october).
- Using whole-genome SNP data to reconstruct a large multi-generation pedigree in apple germplasm, Hélène Muranty and others, BMC Plant Biology 20:2, 2020. Supports: its ploidy, diploid (supplementary table S1).
