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Apple varieties, United Kingdom

Worcester Cross

The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it¹:

Raised in 1920 at Long Ashton Research Station, Bristol. Introduced in 1932. Fruits have firm, moderately crisp flesh with a moderately sweet flavour.

Family tree

Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.

Worcester Cross United Kingdom, 1920
- Seed 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
- Pollen parent Wealthy United States, about 1860
  - Parent Jonathan United States, by 1826
    - Parent Esopus Spitzenburg United States, before 1790
  - Parent Duchess of Oldenburg Russia, 1700s or earlier

Where Worcester Cross came from. The lines lead to its parents: Cox's Orange Pippin (United Kingdom) and Wealthy (United States).

Sources

Worcester Cross (accession 1934 - 004), 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).