Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Merton Beauty
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in 1933 by M. B. Crane at John Innes Institute, Merton, England. Fruits have firm, fine-textured, juicy flesh with a distinct aniseed flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Merton Beauty United Kingdom, 1933
- Seed parent Ellison's Orange United Kingdom, by 1904
- Parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
- Parent Margil France, probably by 1608
- Parent Rosemary Russet United Kingdom, by 1831
- Parent Cellini United Kingdom, by about 1828
- Seed parent Hubbardston Nonsuch United States, by 1832
- Parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
- 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
- Seed parent Ellison's Orange United Kingdom, by 1904
Sources
- Merton Beauty (accession 1973 - 138), 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 (mid september).
