Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Mrs. Phillimore
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised by Charles Ross and introduced by Bunyard of Maidstone. First recorded in 1896. Received an Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1899. Fruits have crisp, tender flesh, with a sweet, fusty flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Mrs. Phillimore United Kingdom, by 1896
- Seed parent Cox's Pomona United Kingdom, about 1825
- Seed parent Ribston Pippin United Kingdom, about 1707
- Parent Margil France, probably by 1608
- Parent Nonsuch Park United Kingdom, by 1831
- Seed parent Ribston Pippin United Kingdom, about 1707
- Pollen parent Mother United States, by 1844
- Parent Aport Russia, late 18th century
- Parent Hawthornden United Kingdom, by 1780
- Seed parent Cox's Pomona United Kingdom, about 1825
Sources
- Mrs. Phillimore (accession 2000 - 070), 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 (mid october); the other names.
- 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).
