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Apple varieties, United Kingdom

Old Fred

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

Raised at Eynsham, Oxford by F.W. Wastie. Exhibited in 1944. Fruits have firm, fine, creamy white flesh with a subacid flavour.

Family tree

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

Old Fred United Kingdom, by 1944
- Seed parent Allington Pippin United Kingdom, before 1884
  - Seed parent Reine des Reinettes United Kingdom, by 1800
    - Parent Reinette de Hollande
  - Pollen parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
    - Parent Margil France, probably by 1608
    - Parent Rosemary Russet United Kingdom, by 1831
- Pollen parent Court Pendu Plat France, before 1613

Where Old Fred came from. The lines lead to its parents: Allington Pippin (United Kingdom).

Sources

Old Fred (accession 1945 - 055), 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 (late october).