Pikkolo
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised at the Institute of Fruit Research, Dresden-Pillnitz, Germany. Fruits have sweet, crisp flesh.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Pikkolo Germany
- Seed parent Clivia Germany, by 1961
- Seed parent Geheimrat Doktor Oldenburg Germany, 1897
- Parent Aport Russia, late 18th century
- Parent Ananas Reinette Netherlands, by 1821
- 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 Geheimrat Doktor Oldenburg Germany, 1897
- Pollen parent Auralia Germany, by 1967
- Seed parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
- Parent Margil France, probably by 1608
- Parent Rosemary Russet United Kingdom, by 1831
- Pollen parent Schoner von Nordhausen Germany, early 1800s
- Seed parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
- Seed parent Clivia Germany, by 1961
Sources
- Pikkolo (accession 1994 - 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 (late september).
