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Apple varieties, United States

Niagara

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

Originated at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, USA from a selection made in 1950. It was introduced in 1962. Fruits have fine, crisp, tender white flesh with a subacid to sweet, aromatic flavour.

Family tree

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

Niagara United States, 1950
- Seed parent Carlton United States, 1912
  - Seed parent Autumn Bough
  - Pollen parent Red Astrachan Russia, before 1816
    - Parent Passe Pomme Rouge
    - Parent Saint Germain
- Pollen parent McIntosh Canada, 1811

Where Niagara came from. The lines lead to its parents: Carlton (United States) and McIntosh (Canada).

Sources

Niagara (accession 1962 - 036), 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 september).