A mid/late season English dessert apple, raised in Cambridge in the mid 20th century, but thought to be related to the early-season Devonshire Quarrenden.
USDA identification images for Thoday's Quarrenden
The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.
Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Parents and other ancestors of this variety
- Devonshire Quarrenden (parent) - Probable parent
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United Kingdom
- Reach Community Orchard in Cambridge,
- Reach Community Orchard in Cambridge,
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Origins
- Species: Malus domestica - Apple
- Parentage: Probably Devonshire Quarrenden
- Originates from: Willingham, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
- Introduced: 1949
- Developed by: R.E. Thoday, Reedground Farm, Willingham
- UK National Fruit Collection accession: 1962-002
Identification
- Country of origin: United Kingdom
- Fruit colour: Red / Green
Using
- Keeping (of fruit): 1-2 months
- Flavour quality: Good
- Flavour style (apples): Sharper
- Food uses: Eating fresh
Growing
- Flowering group: 3
- Vigour: Weak growing
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
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