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Apple varieties, Netherlands

Red Elstar

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

A coloured sport of Elstar. Originated in the Netherlands. Fruits are sweet, crisp and juicy.

Family tree

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

Red Elstar Netherlands
- Sport of Elstar Netherlands, 1955
  - Seed parent Golden Delicious United States, 1905
    - Parent Grimes Golden United States, by 1804
  - Pollen parent Ingrid Marie Denmark, about 1910
    - Parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
    - Parent Cox's Pomona United Kingdom, about 1825

Sources

Red Elstar (accession 1987 - 040), 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 october).