Crimson Beauty (Canada)

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Originated in about 1880 in New Brunswick, Canada. Fruits have rather soft flesh with a subacid to acid flavour.

Synonyms:
Early Red Bird

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Mother to:
Ranger
Quinte

Father to:
Caravel

Size
medium ²

Type
Dessert ²

Shape
Oblong ²

Height
51.00 mm ²

Width
64.00 mm ²

Ribbing
weak-medium ²

Ground Colour
Green yellow ²

Over Colour
Red ²

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped ²

Firmness
soft ²

Flesh Colour
Greenish ²

Accession No.
1951 - 017   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Crimson Beauty (Canada)

Flowering time
27th April 10% flowering
4th May Full (80%) flowering
12th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early August ¹

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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