Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Woolbrook Russet
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised in 1903 by J.H.Stevens & Son, Woolbrook Nursery, Sidmouth, Devon, England and introduced by them. First fruited in 1912. Received an Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1930. Fruits have rather coarse-textured, juicy flesh with an acid flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Woolbrook Russet United Kingdom, 1903
- Seed parent Bramley's Seedling United Kingdom, between 1809 and 1815
- Pollen parent King's Acre Pippin
Sources
- Woolbrook Russet (accession 1928 - 010), 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).
