Opal (Seabrook)
Dessert apple
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by W.P. Seabrook, Chelmsford, Essex. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1936. Fruits have firm, crisp flesh with a sweet subacid flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Rival x Worcester Pearmain
Fruit Size
medium b
Fruit Shape
flat to intermediate, truncate-conic, convex b
Ribbing
not ribbed b
Ground Colour
pale yellow b
Over Colour
flushed bright crimson, striped carmine b
Russet Type
some russet dots b
Flesh Colour
cream, tinged orange b
Flesh Texture
firm, crisp b
Flavour
sweet, subacid b
Accession name
Opal (Seabrook)
Flowering time
3rd May 10% flowering
9th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early September a
Size
medium a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
Globose conical a
Height
58.53 mm a
Width
68.33 mm a
Ribbing
weak a
Crown
weak a
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
medium-high a
Over Colour
Red a
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/solid flush a
Russet
low a
Firmness
firm a
Crunch
crisp a
Flesh Colour
Cream a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register