Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Merton Pippin
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised at John Innes Horticultural Institute, Merton, England by M.B.Crane. Introduced in 1948 but discarded in Britain in 1959. Fruits have whitish cream flesh with a subacid flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Merton Pippin United Kingdom, by 1948
- 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 Pippin (accession 1975 - 311), 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 october).
