Transparente de Bois-Guillaume apple

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

Raised 1895 approx. From Rouen, France. Raised by M. Vilaire of the Rouen Jardin des Plantes. Obtained by Nurseryman Boisbunel at the end of 19th century.

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

Transparente de Bois-Guillaume France, about 1895
- Parent Transparente de Croncels France, by 1869
  - Parent Calville Blanc d'Hiver France, by 1598
    - Parent Calville Rouge d'Hiver France, by about 1600
    - Parent Reinette Franche France, by 1540
  - Parent Duchess of Oldenburg Russia, 1700s or earlier
- Parent Saint Germain

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Transparente de Bois-Guillaume (accession 1948 - 277), 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).

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 parents, Transparente de Croncels and Saint Germain, found from SNP data (supplementary table S3); its ploidy, diploid (supplementary table S1).

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