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Apple varieties, Netherlands

Oranje de Sonnaville

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

Raised by P. Sonnaville at the Fruit Research Station, Wilhelminadorp, The Netherlands. Introduced in 1971. Fruits have rather coarse-textured, sweet flesh with a rich, aromatic flavour.

Family tree

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

Oranje de Sonnaville Netherlands, by 1971
- Seed parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
  - Parent Margil France, probably by 1608
  - Parent Rosemary Russet United Kingdom, by 1831
    - Parent Nonpareil France, by the mid 1500s
- Pollen parent Jonathan United States, by 1826
  - Parent Esopus Spitzenburg United States, before 1790
    - Parent Reinette Franche France, by 1540

Where Oranje de Sonnaville came from. The lines lead to its parents: Cox's Orange Pippin (United Kingdom) and Jonathan (United States).

Sources

Oranje de Sonnaville (accession 1974 - 289), 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 september).