The World of Apples

Apple varieties, United States

Richared Delicious

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

A more highly coloured sport of Delicious. Discovered in about 1915 by J.L. Richardson, in Monitor, Washington, USA. Introduced in 1927 and trademarked by C & O Nursery Company. Fruits have very firm, very sweet, juicy flesh with an aromatic flavour.

Family tree

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

  • Richared Delicious United States, about 1915

Offspring in the atlas

  • Aori × Toko; Japan, by 1977
  • Gloster × Glockenapfel; Germany, 1951
  • Lindel × Linda; Canada, 1939
  • Redgold × Golden Delicious; United States, by 1946
Delicious Richared Delicious
Where Richared Delicious came from. The lines lead to its parents: Delicious (United States).

Sources

  1. Richared Delicious (accession 1979 - 184), 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); the other names.

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