Opal (Seabrook)

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised by W.P. Seabrook, Chelmsford, Essex. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1936. Fruits have firm, crisp flesh with a sweet subacid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Rival x Worcester Pearmain

Accession No.
1936 - 027   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Opal (Seabrook)

Flowering time
3rd May 10% flowering
9th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early September 1

Size
medium 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Globose conical 1

Height
58.53 mm 1

Width
68.33 mm 1

Ribbing
weak 1

Crown
weak 1

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
medium-high 1

Over Colour
Red 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/solid flush 1

Russet
low 1

Firmness
firm 1

Crunch
crisp 1

Flesh Colour
Cream 1


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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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