Clopton Red
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
Accession name
Clopton Red
Flowering time
12th May 10% flowering
18th May Full (80%) flowering
25th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late September 1
Size
small-medium 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
Broad globose conical 1
Ribbing
very weak 1
Crown
absent 1
Ground Colour
Green yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium 1
Over Colour
Orange 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled 1
Russet
low 1
Firmness
soft-medium 1
Flesh Colour
Cream 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register