The World of Apples

Apple varieties, France

Pepino Jaune

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

Originated in Cotes du Nord, France. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948. Fruits have firm, fine, creamy white flesh with an acid flavour.

Pepino Jaune
Where Pepino Jaune came from.

Sources

  1. Pepino Jaune (accession 1948 - 256), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (late september).
  2. 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).

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