Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Merton Joy
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in 1946 by M.B. Crane at John Innes Institute, Merton, England. It was named in 1965. Fruits have firm, crisp, somewhat coarse-textured, juicy flesh with a slightly acid, pleasant aromatic flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Merton Joy United Kingdom, 1946
- 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 Sturmer Pippin United Kingdom, by 1831
- Pollen parent Nonpareil France, by the mid 1500s
- Seed parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
Sources
- Merton Joy (accession 1979 - 174), 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).
