Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Oxford Sunrise
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised at Eynsham, Oxford by F.W. Wastie. Exhibited in 1942. Fruits have firm, creamy white flesh with a subacid flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Oxford Sunrise United Kingdom, by 1942
- 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 Lane's Prince Albert United Kingdom, about 1840
- Parent Hawthornden United Kingdom, by 1780
- Seed parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
Sources
- Oxford Sunrise (accession 1945 - 060), 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 (early october).
