Flame

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised in 1925 at Boreham, Essex by W. Seabrook & Sons Ltd. Fruits have fine, crisp flesh with a sweet, subacid, slightly aromatic flavour.

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

Parentage:
Worcester Pearmain x Rival

Size
medium 2

Type
Dessert 2

Shape
Truncate conical 2

Height
56.00 mm 2

Width
67.00 mm 2

Ribbing
weak 2

Ground Colour
Yellow 2

Over Colour
Red 2

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped 2

Russet
very low 2

Crunch
crisp 2

Coarseness
fine 2

Flesh Colour
Greenish 2

Accession No.
1949 - 020   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Flame

Flowering time
5th May 10% flowering
10th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid September 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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