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Apple varieties, United States

Monroe

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

Raised in 1910 by Richard Wellington at New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York, USA. Introduced in 1947. Fruits have fine, soft, cream flesh with a sweet subacid flavour.

Family tree

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

Monroe United States, 1910
- Seed parent Jonathan United States, by 1826
  - Parent Esopus Spitzenburg United States, before 1790
    - Parent Reinette Franche France, by 1540
- Pollen parent Rome Beauty United States, by 1848

Offspring in the atlas

Burgundy × Macoun; United States, by 1974

Where Monroe came from. The lines lead to its parents: Jonathan (United States) and Rome Beauty (United States).

Sources

Monroe (accession 1951 - 146), 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).