Sinta
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in 1955 at Canada Department Agricultural Research Station, Summerland, British Columbia, Canada by K.O. Lapins. Fruits have fairly firm, crisp, cream, juicy flesh.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Sinta Canada, 1955
- Seed parent Golden Delicious United States, 1905
- Parent Grimes Golden United States, by 1804
- Pollen parent Grimes Golden United States, by 1804
- Seed parent Golden Delicious United States, 1905
Sources
- Sinta (accession 1973 - 129), 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).
