Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Winston coloured sport
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
A sport of Winston having a more solid deep red flush. Originated at the Horticultural Centre, Loughgall, Northern Ireland. First planted in 1952. Fruits have firm, fine-textured, juicy flesh with a sweet and good aromatic flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Winston coloured sport United Kingdom, by 1952
- Sport of 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
- Pollen parent Worcester Pearmain United Kingdom, by 1873
- Seed parent Devonshire Quarrenden United Kingdom, by 1678
- Sport of Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
Sources
- Winston coloured sport (accession 1958 - 013), 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.
