Opal (Seabrook)
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
Accession name
Opal (Seabrook)
Flowering time
3rd May 10% flowering
9th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early September 1
Size
medium 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
Globose conical 1
Height
58.53 mm 1
Width
68.33 mm 1
Ribbing
weak 1
Crown
weak 1
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
medium-high 1
Over Colour
Red 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/solid flush 1
Russet
low 1
Firmness
firm 1
Crunch
crisp 1
Flesh Colour
Cream 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register