The World of Apples

Apple varieties, United Kingdom

Peggy's Pride

The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:

Raised at Eynsham, Oxford by F.W. Wastie. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1944. Fruits are crisp and juicy.

Family tree

Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.

Allington Pippin Golden Spire Peggy's Pride
Where Peggy's Pride came from. The lines lead to its parents: Allington Pippin (United Kingdom) and Golden Spire (United Kingdom).

Sources

  1. Peggy's Pride (accession 1945 - 054), 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 september).