Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Proctor's Seedling
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Originated in Lancashire, England. Known in 1934. Fruits have firm, white flesh with a subacid flavour.
Sources
- Proctor's Seedling (accession 1983 - 076), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; 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 ploidy, diploid (supplementary table S1).
