Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Monarch
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in 1888. Introduced in 1918 by Seabrook Nurseries, Chelmsford, Essex. Fruits have rather soft, somewhat coarse-textured, juicy flesh with a subacid flavour. Bruises very easily.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Monarch United Kingdom, 1888
- Seed parent Peasgood's Nonsuch United Kingdom, about 1858
- Parent Aport Russia, late 18th century
- Parent Golden Noble United Kingdom, by 1803
- Parent Reinette de Hollande
- Pollen parent Dumelow's Seedling United Kingdom, by 1800
- Seed parent Northern Greening United Kingdom, by 1826
- Seed parent Peasgood's Nonsuch United Kingdom, about 1858
Sources
- Monarch (accession 1924 - 019), 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 october).
