Ruby (Seabrook)
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by W. Seabrook & Sons Ltd., Boreham, Essex. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1936. Fruits have rather soft, creamy white with pink tinge flesh with a sweet 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 2
Type
Dessert 2
Shape
Flat globose 2
Ribbing
very weak 2
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 2
Over Colour (Amount)
high-very high 2
Over Colour
Red 2
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped 2
Firmness
soft 2
Flesh Colour
Cream 2
Accession name
Ruby (Seabrook)
Flowering time
5th May 10% flowering
10th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early September 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register