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.
- Peggy's Pride United Kingdom, by 1944
- Seed parent Allington Pippin United Kingdom, before 1884
- Seed parent Reine des Reinettes United Kingdom, by 1800
- 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
- Seed parent Reine des Reinettes United Kingdom, by 1800
- Pollen parent Golden Spire United Kingdom, about 1850
- Parent Keswick Codlin United Kingdom, by 1793
- Parent Manks Codlin Isle of Man, by 1815
- Seed parent Allington Pippin United Kingdom, before 1884
Sources
- 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).