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Apple varieties, United Kingdom

Moss's Seedling

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

Raised in about 1955 at Chetwynd End Nurseries, Newport, Shropshire. Fruits are crisp and juicy with some Cox-like flavour.

Moss's Seedling
Where Moss's Seedling came from.

Sources

  1. Moss's Seedling (accession 1964 - 001), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (early october).
  2. Using whole-genome SNP data to reconstruct a large multi-generation pedigree in apple germplasm, Hélène Muranty and others, BMC Plant Biology 20:2, 2020. Supports: its ploidy, diploid (supplementary table S1).

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