Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Prince Edward
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised at Sawbridgeworth, England by Rivers Nurseries. Introduced in 1897. Received the Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1897. Fruits have firm, white flesh with a subacid flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Prince Edward United Kingdom, by 1897
- Parent Cox's Pomona United Kingdom, about 1825
- Seed parent Ribston Pippin United Kingdom, about 1707
- Parent Margil France, probably by 1608
- Parent Nonsuch Park United Kingdom, by 1831
- Seed parent Ribston Pippin United Kingdom, about 1707
- 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
- Parent Cox's Pomona United Kingdom, about 1825
Sources
- Prince Edward (accession 1950 - 070), 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 (early october).
- 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 parents, Cox's Pomona and Cox's Orange Pippin, found from SNP data (supplementary table S3); its ploidy, diploid (supplementary table S1).
