The World of Apples

Apple varieties, United States

State Fair

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

Raised in 1949 by W.H. Alderman at the University of Minnesota Horticulture Research Centre, Excelsior, USA. Fruits are crisp and juicy with an aromatic flavour. A very hardy variety, trees withstanding winter temperatures of minus 40

Family tree

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

  • State Fair United States, 1949
    • Seed parent Mantet Canada, by 1929
      • Seed parent Tetofsky
    • Pollen parent Oriole United States, 1914
Mantet State Fair
Where State Fair came from. The lines lead to its parents: Mantet (Canada) and Oriole (United States).

Sources

  1. State Fair (accession 1984 - 027), 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 (late august); the other names.

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