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Apple varieties, Canada

Quinte

The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it¹:

Raised at the Experimental Farm, Smithfield, Ontario, Canada. Introduced in 1964. Fruits have tender, cream, sweet flesh.

Family tree

Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.

Quinte Canada, by 1964
- Seed parent Crimson Beauty (Canada) Canada, about 1880
  - Seed parent Duchess of Oldenburg Russia, 1700s or earlier
  - Pollen parent Fameuse Canada, by about 1730
- Pollen parent Red Melba Canada, about 1936
  - Sport of Melba Canada, 1898
    - Seed parent McIntosh Canada, 1811
    - Pollen parent Tetofsky

Sources

Quinte (accession 1965 - 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 august).