Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Meridian
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised at East Malling Research Station, Maidstone, Kent by Dr Frank Alston. Introduced in 1999. Fruits have a Cox-like flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Meridian United Kingdom, by 1999
- Seed parent Falstaff United Kingdom, 1966
- Pollen parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
- Parent Margil France, probably by 1608
- Parent Rosemary Russet United Kingdom, by 1831
- Parent Nonpareil France, by the mid 1500s
Sources
- Meridian (accession 2000 - 003), 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.
