Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Old Somerset Russet
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Received by NFT 1949 (but much older). From Berkshire, Wokingham, England. Grown by Pope Bros., nurserymen.
Sources
- Old Somerset Russet (accession 1949 - 214), 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).
- 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).
