Brown's Seedling

Culinary / Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised before 1874 by Brown, a nurseryman at Stamford, Lincolnshire. Fruits have softish flesh with a sweet to subacid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project

Size
medium ^b

Type
Culinary / Dessert ^b

Shape
Broad globose conical ^b

Ribbing
weak ^b

Ground Colour
Yellow ^b

Over Colour
Orange ^b

Russet
low ^b

Firmness
soft ^b

Coarseness
medium ^b

Flesh Colour
Cream ^b

Accession No.
1946 - 043   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Brown's Seedling

Flowering time
10th May 10% flowering
16th May Full (80%) flowering
24th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid October ^a

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References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register