Seabrook's Red
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by W. Seabrook & Sons Ltd., Boreham, Essex. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1925. Fruits have fairly firm, crisp, white flesh with a sweet and slightly aromatic flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project
Size
medium b
Type
Dessert b
Shape
Flat globose b
Ribbing
medium b
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow b
Over Colour (Amount)
high-very high b
Over Colour
Red b
Russet
low b
Greasiness
Medium b
Firmness
medium-firm b
Crunch
crisp b
Flesh Colour
White b
Accession name
Seabrook's Red
Flowering time
9th May 10% flowering
14th May Full (80%) flowering
22nd May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid September a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register