Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Tydeman's Late Orange
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in 1930 by H.M. Tydeman at East Malling Research Station, Kent. Introduced in 1949. Fruits have very firm, crisp, fairly juicy, cream flesh with a rich, aromatic flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Tydeman's Late Orange United Kingdom, 1930
- Seed parent Laxton's Superb United Kingdom, 1897
- Parent Cellini United Kingdom, by about 1828
- Seed parent Hubbardston Nonsuch United States, by 1832
- Parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
- Parent Margil France, probably by 1608
- Parent Rosemary Russet United Kingdom, by 1831
- Parent Cellini United Kingdom, by about 1828
- Pollen parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
- Parent Margil France, probably by 1608
- Parent Rosemary Russet United Kingdom, by 1831
- Parent Nonpareil France, by the mid 1500s
- Seed parent Laxton's Superb United Kingdom, 1897
Sources
- Tydeman's Late Orange (accession 1979 - 191), 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); the other names.
