Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Paroquet
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised by Charles Ross at Welford Park, Newbury, Berkshire. First recorded in 1897. Received the Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1899. Fruits have tender, yellowish flesh with a subacid flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Paroquet United Kingdom, by 1897
- Seed parent Peasgood's Nonsuch United Kingdom, about 1858
- Parent Aport Russia, late 18th century
- Parent Golden Noble United Kingdom, by 1803
- Parent Reinette de Hollande
- Pollen 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
- Seed parent Peasgood's Nonsuch United Kingdom, about 1858
Sources
- Paroquet (accession 1949 - 189), 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 september); the other names.
- Using whole-genome SNP data to reconstruct a large multi-generation pedigree in apple germplasm, Hélène Muranty and others, BMC Plant Biology 20:2, 2020. Supports: its ploidy, diploid (supplementary table S1).
