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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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