Retina
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised at the Institute of Fruit Research, Dresden-Pillnitz, Germany. Introduced in 1991. Fruits are sweet, crisp and juicy. Resistant to scab.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Retina Germany, by 1991
- Seed parent Apollo
- Pollen parent seedling of M. floribunda
Sources
- Retina (accession 1994 - 047), 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 august).
