Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Merton Delight
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised by M.B.Crane at John Innes Institute, Merton, England. It was discarded in Britain in 1959. Fruits have tender, crisp, creamy flesh with a sweet to subacid flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Merton Delight United Kingdom, by 1959
- Seed 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
- Pollen parent Golden Pippin United Kingdom, by 1629
- Seed parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
Sources
- Merton Delight (accession 1978 - 307), 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 (late september).
