Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Melrose (1)
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Described 1831. From Scotland. Probably introduced by the Monks of Melrose Abbey. Probably much older than 1831. Grown in Scotland.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Melrose (1) United Kingdom, by 1831
- Parent Jonathan United States, by 1826
- Parent Esopus Spitzenburg United States, before 1790
- Parent Reinette Franche France, by 1540
- Parent Esopus Spitzenburg United States, before 1790
- Parent Delicious United States, 1872
- Parent Winesap United States, by 1817
- Parent Jonathan United States, by 1826
Sources
- Melrose (1) (accession 1967 - 057), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the other names.
- 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 parents, Jonathan and Delicious, found from SNP data (supplementary table S3); its ploidy, diploid (supplementary table S1).
