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Apple varieties, United States

Milton

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

Raised in 1909 at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York, USA. by Richard Wellington. Introduced by the N.Y.S. Fruit Testing Association in 1923. Fruits have soft, fine, very white flesh with a sweet subacid flavour.

Family tree

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

Milton United States, 1909
- Seed parent White Transparent Russia, by 1852
  - Parent Aspa
  - Parent Saint Germain
- Pollen parent McIntosh Canada, 1811

Where Milton came from. The lines lead to its parents: McIntosh (Canada).

Sources

Milton (accession 1929 - 039), 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 (early september).