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 2
Type
Culinary / Dessert 2
Shape
Broad globose conical 2
Height
53.00 mm 2
Width
70.00 mm 2
Ribbing
absent 2
Ground Colour
Yellow 2
Over Colour
Orange 2
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped 2
Greasiness
Weak 2
Firmness
firm 2
Crunch
crisp 2
Coarseness
coarse 2
Flesh Colour
White 2
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 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register