Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Stanway Seedling
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Originated in Essex, England. Recorded in 1899, in which year it received the Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. Fruits have rather soft flesh with an acid flavour.
Sources
- Stanway Seedling (accession 1920 - 019), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (early october); the other names.
- Using whole-genome SNP data to reconstruct a large multi-generation pedigree in apple germplasm, Hélène Muranty and others, BMC Plant Biology 20:2, 2020. Supports: its ploidy, diploid (supplementary table S1).
