Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Prince George
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Thought to have been raised by W.H. Divers, Surrey, England. Fruits have firm, coarse, crisp, yellowish flesh with a very acid flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Prince George United Kingdom
- Seed parent Lane's Prince Albert United Kingdom, about 1840
- Parent Hawthornden United Kingdom, by 1780
- Pollen parent Peasgood's Nonsuch United Kingdom, about 1858
- Parent Aport Russia, late 18th century
- Parent Golden Noble United Kingdom, by 1803
- Parent Reinette de Hollande
- Seed parent Lane's Prince Albert United Kingdom, about 1840
Sources
- Prince George (accession 1935 - 009), 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 (mid october).
- Ploidy level (descriptor 115159), study MALUS.PLOIDYDETERMINATION.2008, USDA Agricultural Research Service, GRIN-Global, 2008. Supports: its ploidy, diploid, measured by flow cytometry on accession PI 590175 of the USDA apple collection at Geneva, New York.
