Accessions & Deaccessions

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):

NFC Apple collection

Accessions for deaccession and removal from the collection:

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:

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.