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Apple varieties, United States

Raritan

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

Raised in 1949 by G.W. Schneider at New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. Named in 1966. Fruits are crisp and juicy with a ‘fruity’ flavour.

Family tree

Offspring in the atlas

Redfree × Melba; United States, by 1981

Where Raritan came from.

Sources

Raritan (accession 1971 - 050), 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 (mid august).