Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Northern Greening
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Thought to have originated in England. First recorded in 1826. Fruits have moderately firm, a little coarse-textured, juicy flesh with an acid flavour.
Family tree
Offspring in the atlas
- Chad's Favourite × Cox's Orange Pippin; United Kingdom, by 1939
- Dumelow's Seedling United Kingdom, by 1800
- Encore × Warner's King; United Kingdom, by 1906
- Lamb's Seedling United Kingdom, 1866-1867
- Merton Prolific × Cox's Orange Pippin; United Kingdom, 1914
- Newton Wonder × Maharaji; United Kingdom, introduced about 1887
18 varieties in the atlas descend from Northern Greening.
Sources
- Northern Greening (accession 1956 - 031), 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 (mid october); the other names.
