Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Oxford Conquest
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in 1927 at Eynsham, Oxford by F.W. Wastie. Fruits have rather tough flesh with an acid flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Oxford Conquest United Kingdom, 1927
- Seed parent Blenheim Orange United Kingdom, about 1740
- Parent Reinette de Hollande
- Pollen parent Court Pendu Plat France, before 1613
- Seed parent Blenheim Orange United Kingdom, about 1740
Sources
- Oxford Conquest (accession 1945 - 059), 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 october).
