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Apple varieties, United Kingdom

Renown

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

Raised at Welford Park, Newbury, by Charles Ross. First described in 1908. Received the Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1908. Fruits have firm, pale yellow flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.

Family tree

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

Renown United Kingdom, by 1908
- Seed parent Peasgood's Nonsuch United Kingdom, about 1858
  - Parent Aport Russia, late 18th century
  - Parent Golden Noble United Kingdom, by 1803
    - Parent Reinette de Hollande
- Pollen parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
  - Parent Margil France, probably by 1608
  - Parent Rosemary Russet United Kingdom, by 1831
    - Parent Nonpareil France, by the mid 1500s

Where Renown came from. The lines lead to its parents: Peasgood's Nonsuch (United Kingdom) and Cox's Orange Pippin (United Kingdom).

Sources

Renown (accession 1968 - 061), 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 (late september).