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Apple varieties, United Kingdom

Red Newton Wonder

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

A more highly coloured clone of Newton Wonder. Originated on a tree at Hill Top Farm, Ledbury, England. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1958. Fruits have rather coarse textured, moderately juicy flesh with a subacid flavour. Cooks very well.

Family tree

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

Red Newton Wonder United Kingdom, by 1958
- Sport of Newton Wonder United Kingdom, introduced about 1887
  - Parent Maharaji
  - Parent Northern Greening United Kingdom, by 1826

Where Red Newton Wonder came from. The lines lead to its parents: Newton Wonder (United Kingdom).

Sources

Red Newton Wonder (accession 1958 - 193), 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 october).