Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Victory (Carpenter)
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised at Byfleet, England by George Carpenter. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1923. Fruits have firm, creamy white flesh with an acid flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Victory (Carpenter) United Kingdom, by 1923
- Seed parent Bismarck
- Pollen parent Blenheim Orange United Kingdom, about 1740
- Parent Reinette de Hollande
Sources
- Victory (Carpenter) (accession 1957 - 165), 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 september).
