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Apple varieties, United Kingdom

Russet Superb

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

A russetted clone of Laxton’s Superb. Discovered in 1963 by K. Maclean, Crabtree Fruit Farm, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, Berkshire. Fruits have firm, very juicy flesh with a sweet and refreshing flavour.

Family tree

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

Russet Superb United Kingdom, 1963
- Sport of Laxton's Superb United Kingdom, 1897
  - Parent Cellini United Kingdom, by about 1828
    - Seed parent Hubbardston Nonsuch United States, by 1832
  - Parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
    - Parent Margil France, probably by 1608
    - Parent Rosemary Russet United Kingdom, by 1831

Where Russet Superb came from. The lines lead to its parents: Laxton's Superb (United Kingdom).

Sources

Russet Superb (accession 1969 - 028), 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 october).