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Apple varieties, United States

Richardson (USA)

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

Discovered in 1956 by L. Richardson at Hammond, New York, USA. Introduced in 1959 by nurseryman F.L. Ashworth, Heuvelton, New York. Fruits have firm, sweet flesh.

Family tree

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

Richardson (USA) United States, 1956
- Seed parent Northern Spy or Saint Lawrence

Where Richardson (USA) came from.

Sources

Richardson (USA) (accession 1974 - 124), 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 september).