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Apple varieties, United Kingdom

Merton Russet

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

Raised in 1921 at the John Innes Horticultural Institute, Merton, England by M.B.Crane. It was named in 1943. Fruits have firm, crisp, tender flesh with a sweet subacid flavour.

Family tree

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

Merton Russet United Kingdom, 1921
- Seed parent Sturmer Pippin United Kingdom, by 1831
  - Pollen parent Nonpareil France, by the mid 1500s
- 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 Russet came from. The lines lead to its parents: Sturmer Pippin (United Kingdom) and Cox's Orange Pippin (United Kingdom).

Sources

Merton Russet (accession 1935 - 002), 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).