Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Owen Thomas
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in 1897 by Laxton Brothers Ltd., at Bedford, England. Introduced in 1920. Fruits have rather soft, juicy flesh with a sweet and good aromatic flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Owen Thomas United Kingdom, 1897
- 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 Gladstone
- Seed parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
Sources
- Owen Thomas (accession 1941 - 006), 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 august).
