Brighton

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1951 - 242   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1950 from New Zealand. Fruits have a sweet, rich, slightly subacid flavour.

Accession name
Brighton

Flowering time
9th May 10% flowering
14th May Full (80%) flowering
21st May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late October 1

Size
small-medium 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Globose conical 1

Ribbing
weak 1

Crown
weak 1

Ground Colour
Whitish green 1

Over Colour (Amount)
medium 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled 1

Russet
low 1

Flesh Colour
White 1


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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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