Braddick Nonpareil
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by John Braddick at Thames Ditton, Surrey. First exhibited in 1818. Fruits have firm flesh with a sweet, aromatic flavour.
Synonyms:
Braddick's Nonpareil, Braddick's Sondergleichen, Braddicks Sondergleichen, Ditton Nompareil, Ditton Nonpareil, Ditton Pippin, Lincolnshire Reinette, Non-Pareille de Braddick, Nonpareil Braddick's, Nonpareille de Braddick
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession name
Braddick Nonpareil (Scotland)
Flowering time
8th May 10% flowering
13th May Full (80%) flowering
21st May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid October 1
Size
medium 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
Globose 1
Height
55.06 mm 1
Width
66.01 mm 1
Ribbing
weak 1
Crown
weak 1
Ground Colour
Green yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
medium 1
Over Colour
Orange 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
mottled/solid flush 1
Russet
low-medium 1
Firmness
firm 1
Flesh Colour
Yellowish 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register