Saint Ailred

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

Raised in 1942 at Mount Saint Bernard Abbey, Coalville, Leicestershire. Fruits have rather soft flesh with a sweetish, aromatic flavour.

Family tree

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

Where Saint Ailred came from. The lines lead to its parents: James Grieve (United Kingdom) and Ellison's Orange (United Kingdom).

Saint Ailred (accession 1952 - 109), 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).