Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Plymouth Cross
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in 1916 at Long Ashton Research Station, Bristol by G.T. Spinks. Fruits have firm, crisp, cream flesh with a rather acid flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Plymouth Cross United Kingdom, 1916
- 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 Star of Devon United Kingdom, by 1905
- Seed parent Allington Pippin United Kingdom, before 1884
Sources
- Plymouth Cross (accession 1930 - 033), 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 august).
