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Apple varieties, United Kingdom

Merton Charm

The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it¹:

Raised by M.B.Crane at John Innes Institute, Merton, England. Released in 1962. It received an Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1960. Fruits have tender, fine-textured, very juicy flesh with a sweet and good aromatic flavour.

Family tree

Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.

Merton Charm United Kingdom, by 1960
- Seed parent McIntosh Canada, 1811
- 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

Where Merton Charm came from. The lines lead to its parents: McIntosh (Canada) and Cox's Orange Pippin (United Kingdom).

Sources

Merton Charm (accession 1963 - 154), 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).