Crawley Beauty
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Found in a cottage garden in Crawley, Sussex in about 1870 and introduced in 1906 by nurserymen J. Cheal & Sons of Crawley. It appears to be identical with French variety Novelle France. Received an Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1912. Fruits have slightly coarse-textured, rather dry flesh with a subacid, slightly sweet flavour.
Synonyms:
Ratcliff Sargeant, Ratcliffe Sargeant
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Size
medium-large b
Type
Culinary / Dessert b
Shape
Broad globose conical b
Height
53.00 mm b
Width
70.00 mm b
Ribbing
absent b
Ground Colour
Yellow b
Over Colour
Orange b
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped b
Greasiness
Weak b
Firmness
firm b
Crunch
crisp b
Coarseness
coarse b
Flesh Colour
White b
Accession name
Crawley Beauty (LA 65A)
Flowering time
24th May 10% flowering
29th May Full (80%) flowering
6th June 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid October a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register