Ranger
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised at the Research Station, Ottawa, Canada. Introduced in 1964. Fruits have tender, white flesh with a mild flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Ranger 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 Melba Canada, 1898
- Seed parent McIntosh Canada, 1811
- Pollen parent Tetofsky
- Seed parent Crimson Beauty (Canada) Canada, about 1880
Sources
- Ranger (accession 1965 - 010), 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 august).
