Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Tydeman's Michaelmas Red
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in 1929 by H.M. Tydeman at East Malling Research Station, Kent. Fruits have greenish white, rather soft, very juicy flesh with a sweet refreshing vinous flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Tydeman's Michaelmas Red United Kingdom, 1929
- Seed parent McIntosh Canada, 1811
- Pollen parent Worcester Pearmain United Kingdom, by 1873
- Seed parent Devonshire Quarrenden United Kingdom, by 1678
Sources
- Tydeman's Michaelmas Red (accession 1943 - 016), 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 (early september); the other names.
