Red Martini
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
A more highly coloured clone of Martini. Originated with Mr Peters in Wenzendorf near Hamburg, Germany. Received by the National Fruit Trials in about 1938. Fruits have firm, crisp, creamy white flesh with a subacid, sweet flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Red Martini Germany, by about 1938
- Sport of Martini Germany, 1875
- Seed parent Cox's Orange Pippin or Prinzen Apfel or Edelsborsdorfer
- Sport of Martini Germany, 1875
Sources
- Red Martini (accession 1958 - 066), 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).
