Clopton Red

Dessert apple

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised in 1946 by Justin Brooke at Clopton Hall, Wickhambrook, Suffolk and introduced in 1961. Fruits have firm flesh with a sweet, rich flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project

Parentage:
Cox's Orange Pippin x Unknown

Fruit Size
medium ^b

Fruit Shape
flat, rectangular, convex ^b

Ground Colour
yellow ^b

Over Colour
flushed red ^b

Flesh Colour
creamy white ^b

Flesh Texture
firm ^b

Flavour
sweet, rich ^b

Accession No.
1966 - 072   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Clopton Red

Flowering time
12th May 10% flowering
18th May Full (80%) flowering
25th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late September ^a

Size
small-medium ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
Broad globose conical ^a

Ribbing
very weak ^a

Crown
absent ^a

Ground Colour
Green yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium ^a

Over Colour
Orange ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled ^a

Russet
low ^a

Firmness
soft-medium ^a

Flesh Colour
Cream ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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