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Apple varieties, United States

Mollie's Delicious

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

Raised in 1948 by G.W. Schneider, New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, New Brunswick, USA. Introduced in 1966. Fruits are crisp and juicy with a flavour similar to Golden Delicious.

Family tree

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

Mollie's Delicious United States, 1948
- Seed parent Golden Delicious United States, 1905
  - Parent Grimes Golden United States, by 1804
- Pollen parent Edgewood

Where Mollie's Delicious came from. The lines lead to its parents: Golden Delicious (United States).

Sources

Mollie's Delicious (accession 1971 - 051), 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 (late august).