Seabrook's Red
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by W. Seabrook & Sons Ltd., Boreham, Essex. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1925. Fruits have fairly firm, crisp, white flesh with a sweet and slightly aromatic flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project
Size
medium 2
Type
Dessert 2
Shape
Flat globose 2
Ribbing
medium 2
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 2
Over Colour (Amount)
high-very high 2
Over Colour
Red 2
Russet
low 2
Greasiness
Medium 2
Firmness
medium-firm 2
Crunch
crisp 2
Flesh Colour
White 2
Accession name
Seabrook's Red
Flowering time
9th May 10% flowering
14th May Full (80%) flowering
22nd May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid September 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register