Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Oxford Hoard
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised at Eynsham, Oxford by F.W. Wastie. Exhibited in 1943. Fruits have coarse, firm, tough flesh with a sweet and aromatic flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Oxford Hoard United Kingdom, by 1943
- Seed parent Sturmer Pippin United Kingdom, by 1831
- Pollen parent Nonpareil France, by the mid 1500s
- Pollen parent Golden Russet
- Seed parent Sturmer Pippin United Kingdom, by 1831
Sources
- Oxford Hoard (accession 1945 - 050), 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).
