Mere de Baia
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Recorded 1934. From Moldova, Romania.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Mere de Baia Romania, by 1934
- Parent Peasgood's Nonsuch United Kingdom, about 1858
- Parent Aport Russia, late 18th century
- Parent Golden Noble United Kingdom, by 1803
- Parent Reinette de Hollande
- Parent Margil France, probably by 1608
- Parent Peasgood's Nonsuch United Kingdom, about 1858
Sources
- Mere de Baia (accession 1948 - 688), 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 picking time at Brogdale (mid september).
- 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, Peasgood's Nonsuch and Margil, found from SNP data (supplementary table S3); its ploidy, diploid (supplementary table S1).
