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Brown Crofton
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1950 - 078
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1950 from Ireland. Fruits have a crisp, somewhat acid flavour.
- Accession name
- Brown Crofton
- Flowering time ›››
- 8th May10% flowering
12th MayFull (80%) flowering
20th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid October 1
- Size
- medium 1
- Shape
- Broad globose conical 1
- Height
- 52.28 mm 1
- Width
- 66.17 mm 1
- Ribbing
- weak 1
- Crown
- absent 1
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Dark Red 1
- Over Colour Amount
- low 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- mottled 1
- Russet
- medium-high 1
- Greasiness
- Weak 1
- Crunch
- crisp 1
- Juiciness
- dry 1
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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