The World of Apples

Apple varieties, United States

Regent

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

Raised at the University of Minnesota Fruit Breeding Farm, Excelsior, Minnesota, USA. Introduced in 1963. Fruits are crisp and juicy.

Family tree

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

  • Regent United States, by 1963
    • Seed parent Daniel's Red Duchess
    • Pollen parent Delicious United States, 1872
      • Parent Winesap United States, by 1817
Delicious Regent
Where Regent came from. The lines lead to its parents: Delicious (United States).

Sources

  1. Regent (accession 1974 - 067), 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).

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