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William Crump
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by Carless, foreman at Rowe's Nurseries, Worcester and introduced by them. Received an Award of Merit in 1908 and a First Class Certificate in 1910 from the Royal Horticultural Society. Fruits have firm, fine-textured, juicy flesh with a sweet and rich, aromatic flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Paramor)
- Parentage:
- Cox's Orange Pippin x Worcester Pearmain
- Shape
- Conical 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 57.00mm 2
- Width
- 70.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Red 2
- Over Colour (Amount)
- high-very high 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- striped 2
- Greasiness
- Weak 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 2
Accession No.
1915 - 102
- Accession name
- William Crump
- Flowering time ›››
- 6th May10% flowering
11th MayFull (80%) flowering
19th May90% 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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
Design: Chris Turnbull, September 2019