Flame

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised in 1925 at Boreham, Essex by W. Seabrook & Sons Ltd. Fruits have fine, crisp flesh with a sweet, subacid, slightly aromatic flavour.

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

Parentage:
Worcester Pearmain x Rival

Size
medium ^b

Type
Dessert ^b

Shape
Truncate conical ^b

Height
56.00 mm ^b

Width
67.00 mm ^b

Ribbing
weak ^b

Ground Colour
Yellow ^b

Over Colour
Red ^b

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped ^b

Russet
very low ^b

Crunch
crisp ^b

Coarseness
fine ^b

Flesh Colour
Greenish ^b

Accession No.
1949 - 020   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Flame

Flowering time
5th May 10% flowering
10th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid September ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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