Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Oxford Yeoman
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in 1922 at Eynsham, Oxford, by F.W. Wastie. Exhibited in 1942. Fruits have coarse, white flesh with an acid flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Oxford Yeoman United Kingdom, 1922
- Seed parent Blenheim Orange United Kingdom, about 1740
- Parent Reinette de Hollande
- Pollen parent Lane's Prince Albert United Kingdom, about 1840
- Parent Hawthornden United Kingdom, by 1780
- Seed parent Blenheim Orange United Kingdom, about 1740
Sources
- Oxford Yeoman (accession 1944 - 036), 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).
