Accessions & Deaccessions

Resolution of duplication in the NFC cherry collection Phase 1

On the basis of combined morphological analysis and genetic fingerprinting (data are available at https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10061243) the following accessions were excluded from the repropagation of the NFC 4 cherry collection. All of the following accessions will be formally deaccessed when the NFC 4 collection is signed off at the end of 2024.

For detailed consideration of the judgements below, please see the report, as submitted to Defra as an appendices to the 2023-24 annual report:

• Appendix 1: Assessment of the NFC 4 cherry collection - 2024   [156 KB PDF file]

Accession	Name	Reason for Deaccession
1927-029	Bauman's May A	Indistinguishable from 1974-098 Early Rivers (and 1974-162 Klon 29, 2000-128 Alfheim, 2002-133 Unknown [accessed as Ursula Rivers])
2002-139	Bauman's May B
1974-212	Kastanka
2002-115	Baker's Unknown	Indistinguishable from 2007-028 Schneiders Spate Knorpelkirsche (and 1948-468 Badacsonyi Orias, 1968-129 Magyar Porc Csereszyne, 1974-222 Thurn Taxis, 2002-150 Pointed Black, 2017 002 Noire de Meched)
2002-118	White Elton	Indistinguishable from 2002-058 Elton Heart (and 1974-230 Srdcovka Preurodna)
2005-019	Bradbourne Black	Indistinguishable from 1973-342 Hedelfingen Riesenkirsche (and 1974-210 Holovouska, 1982-045 Mary Jane, 2002-111 Windsor B)
1970-158	Amber	Indistinguishable from 2002-160 Kent Bigarreau (and 1967-165 Allman Gulrod Bigarra)
2002-075	Late Amber
2002-089	Knight's Bigarreau
2002-095	Weston's Amber
2002-157	Weston's Unknown A	Indistinguishable from 1975-093 Napoleon [EMLA] (and 1963-161 Napoleon [V1006], 1963-162 Napoleon [V1007], 1963-163 Napoleon [V1009], 1963-164 Napoleon [V1010], 1963-165 Napoleon [V1014], 1974-211 Karmazinka, 2017-003 Napoleon)
2002-097	Mill's Seedling	Indistinguishable from 1968-127 Circassian (and 2002-066 Great Bigarreau)
2002-099	Chelsey Tartarian
2002-107	Roundel B
1978-280	Black Tartarian E
2002-094	Wellington B	Indistinguishable from 2002-081 Black Oliver (and 1973-056 Cristobalina, 2002-090 Norbury’s Early Black)
2002-077	Old Black Heart B	Indistinguishable from 2002-061 Old Black Heart A (and 1971-095 Bailey's Early Black)
1970-174	Webb's Black	Indistinguishable from 1971-100 Longley's Black Eagle (and 2002-109 Cooper's Black)
2002-134	Roundel A	Indistinguishable from 1968-126 Bedford Prolific A (and 1975-103 Roundel, 1975-107 Emperor Francis B, 2002-129 Black Eagle B)
2002-103	Ronald's Heart
2002-154	Elton Orchard B+C
2002-156	Elton Orchard F+G
2002-088	Black Downton
1968-134	Strawberry Amber A	Indistinguishable from 1952-026 Waterloo (and 2002-126 Seabright)
2002-155	Elton Orchard D+E
2002-110	Mansfield Black	Indistinguishable from 2002-105 Turkish Black (and 2002-122 Cassia)
2002-101	Carnation C	Indistinguishable from 1968-128 Knight's Early Black A
2002-071	Circassian B
2002-102	Lester
1971-099	Knauff's Schwarze	Indistinguishable from 1968-146 Knauf's Riesen (with accession to have name corrected to Knauf's Schwarze)
2007-030	Buttner's Rote Knorpelkirsche	Indistinguishable from 1997-005 Buttner's Rote Knorpel
2002-140	Bedford Black B	Indistinguishable from 1979-200 Nutberry Black
1983-023	Ispolinskaya Vlkova	Indistinguishable from 1986-027 Favorit (due to a traceable loss and historical repropagation error)
2002-146	Kentish Morello	Indistinguishable from 1974-434 Schattenmorelle (and 1944-030 Dutch Morello)

Further duplicates identified within NFC 4 post-propagation will be deaccessed at a later date (Phase 2).

Important notice about the 'ornamental Prunus' collection

During the July 2020 NFC Advisory Committee meeting, it was agreed that the ornamental Prunus collection would be removed by June 2021.

The collection will be formally deaccessed from that date. The decision to deaccess the ornamental Prunus followed an initial de-prioritisation and placing on hold of the collection on the basis of a detailed assessment of the 'ornamental' collections in 2016 (see Defra project GC0147 annual report 2016-17 Appendix 4). The initial decision to place the collection on hold was amended to an intention to deaccess the collection following further discussion at the July 2018 NFC Accession/Deaccession committee meeting. An initial date for deaccession was extended to June 2021 in support of the use of the collections for the Hanami festival events as part of the visitor offer by Brogdale Collections.

Resolution of Duplication in the NFC Apple and Pear Collections

As part of the ongoing scientific curation of the collections, and following a number of years of investigation, the following actions are planned in order to resolve the apparent duplication in the apple and pear collections. It is expected that accessions for deaccession will be removed following the graftwood season of January-February 2020 and graftwood from these accessions will no longer be available from that point.

For detailed consideration of the judgements below, please see the reports, as submitted to Defra as appendices to the 2018-19 annual report (and updated from reports previously submitted in 2014 and 2017):

• Appendix 2: Assessment of Duplication within the NFC Apple Collection - Update 2019   [925 KB PDF file]
• Appendix 3: Assessment of the New Pear Collection (Pear NFC 3) - Update 2019   [725 KB PDF file]

NFC Apple collection

Accessions for deaccession and removal from the collection:

• View list   [400 KB PDF file]

Accessions for accession into the main collection from the Observation Plot:

• 2001-003    Flanders Pippin
• 2000-144    Fallbarrow Favourite
• 2004-002    Wanstall Pippin (1)
• 2001-123    Profit (Tree 1)
• 1999-055    Ampney Red
• 1997-010    Arch Grove
• 2003-032    Bardsey Apple
• 1996-074    Beebench
• 1996-036    Blake
• 1996-028    Bossom (Loxwood)
• 1999-100    Boucasse de Bres
• 2005-003    Bradley's Beauty
• 2002-051    Chatley Kernel
• 2005-002    Edith Cavell
• 1998-035    Hargreaves Green Sweet
• 2002-012    Hitchin Pippin
• 2006-021    Hunthouse (M9)
• 2004-154    Lady's Finger? (Shropshire)
• 2002-010    Mary Hamilton
• 2002-011    Nelson's Codlin
• 2004-043    Nelson's Glory
• 2002-052    Newland Sack
• 2007-019    Ovington
• 1999-056    Pride of the Orchard
• 2002-050    Sayer - No. 23
• 1995-008    Snub Nose
• 1995-018    Soppy Withers
• 2005-021    Strawberry Pippin
• 1995-023    Strawberry Pippin (Street)
• 2004-046    Sugar-Loaf Pippin
• 2005-014    Sykehouse Russet (Near Tree)
• 2005-007    Taylor's Favourite
• 1995-005    Tregonna King
• 2002-009    Wax Apple
• 2007-018    Wheelers Russet of Gloucestershire
• 2002-054    White Paradise
• 2002-164    Winter Queening

NFC Pear collection

Accessions for deaccession and removal from the collection:

• View list   [50 KB PDF file]

Accessions for accession into the main collection from the Observation Plot:

• 1995-001    Geneting
• 2007-003    Beurre Bronze
• 2007-015    Craig
• 2007-007    Port Allen 2
• 2007-010    Port Allen 5
• 2007-017    Rattray
• 2007-009    Port Allen 4

Important Notice about the Gooseberry Collection

During the January 2016 NFC Advisory Committee meeting, Defra's advisory committee agreed that the NFC should look to formally deaccess its gooseberry collection on site. In line with the current policy of the NFC Accession/Deaccession Committee (see Defra project GC0143 final report Appendix 2: A Draft Accession/Deaccession policy for the NFC, 2014) it is our intention to amalgamate the gooseberry collection with the existing National Plant Collection® of gooseberry held at RHS Wisley. Whenever possible, unique material in the NFC collection will be repropagated and established at Wisley before being deaccessed.

Material from the collection is expected to remain available from the NFC during the winter of 2017 (allowing for any limitations due to the need to repropagate accessions for transfer). Material is expected to be available from the RHS in the future.

Important Notice about the Ribes Collection

During the July 2015 NFC Advisory Committee meeting, Defra's advisory committee confirmed its recommendation that the NFC should look to formally deaccess its Ribes (black/red/whitecurrant) collections on site. In line with the current policy of the NFC Accession/Deaccession Committee (see Defra project GC0143 final report Appendix 2: A Draft Accession/Deaccession policy for the NFC, 2014) it is our intention to amalgamate the currant collections within the existing collections held at the James Hutton Institute. Accessions at Brogdale are expected to be deaccessed following a rationalisation of duplicates and an assessment of health status, by transferring material through the JHI quarantine facility.

Material from the collections is expected to remain available from the NFC during the winter of 2015 (allowing for limitations due to the need to repropagate accessions for transfer, and specific plant health restrictions on the blackcurrant collection). Material is expected to be available from the James Hutton Institute in the future.

Accessions and Deaccessions

As part of the scientific curation, the National Fruit Collection will develop as a dynamic resource. Over time, some accessions will be removed from the collections and replaced by new material. This section of the site aims to detail changes in the contents of the collection.

Accessions

Details of newly accessed material will be added shortly.

Deaccessions

As part of our scientific curation of the National Fruit Collection we are running an ongoing process to assess the contents of individual collections. In cases where we identify duplicated accessions (which generally arise as a consequence of either mislabelling or synonymy) these will be removed from the collections.

At the time of repropagation of the new pear collection it was believed that the following accessions were either mislabelled or synonymous duplicates of other accessions held in the collection and this has been supported by genetic fingerprint data generated by East Malling Research as part of Defra project GC0139/40:

• Sos (1948-438)
• Comice Bodson (2001-090)
• Conseiller a la Cour (1996-026)
• Double de Guerre (1935-019)
• Maxine (1969-033)
• Seigneur Esperen (1975-352)

These accessions were therefore not included in the new collection and will be physically deaccessed at the end of 2012. The accessions which the above were found to be replicates of, and will be retained in the new pear collection are, respectively as follows:

• Easter Beurre (2001-051)
• Doyenne du Comice (1973-200)
• Marechal de Cour (1935-061)
• Dubbele Kreeftpeer (1972-014)
• Starking Delicious (1961-102)
• Fondante d'Automne (1973-330)

Further to this, Jean D'Arc (False) (1973-329) had been previously suggested to be a mislabelled duplicate of Pitmaston Duchess (1978-325). Again, genetic fingerprint data support this and the accession was replaced in the new collection with a new accession: Jean D'Arc (1997-013). Accession 1973-329 will therefore also be physically deaccessed at the end of 2012.