Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Pioneer (1)
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised by Laxton Bros. Ltd., at Bedford, England. Recorded in 1934. Fruits have fine, crisp, fairly tender flesh with a subacid and astringent flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Pioneer (1) United Kingdom, by 1934
- Seed 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
- Pollen parent Worcester Pearmain United Kingdom, by 1873
- Seed parent Devonshire Quarrenden United Kingdom, by 1678
- Seed parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
Sources
- Pioneer (1) (accession 1937 - 003), 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.
