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Apple varieties, United States

York-a-Red

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

A more highly coloured sport of York Imperial. Discovered in 1931 at Hedgesville, West Virginia, U.S.A. by Paul Lingamfelter. Introduced in 1937 by Stark Bros. Nurseries. Fruits have firm, crisp, yellowish flesh with a subacid to sweetish, aromatic flavour.

Family tree

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

York-a-Red United States, 1931
- Sport of York Imperial United States, 1820
  - Parent Newtown Pippin United States, early 18th century

Where York-a-Red came from. The lines lead to its parents: York Imperial (United States).

Sources

York-a-Red (accession 1951 - 040), 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 (late october).