Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Merton Prolific
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in 1914 by M.B.Crane at the John Innes Horticultural Institute, Merton, England. It was named in 1947. Received an Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1950. Fruits have firm, crisp, tender, creamy white flesh with a sweet, subaci
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Merton Prolific United Kingdom, 1914
- Seed parent Northern Greening United Kingdom, by 1826
- 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
Sources
- Merton Prolific (accession 1973 - 139), 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).
