Braeburn
syn. Breaburn
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Discovered on the property of O.Moran, Waiwhero, Upper Moutere, New Zealand and was first grown commercially by William Bros. at Braeburn orchard, Upper Moutere in 1952. I Fruits have crisp, firm flesh with a perfumed flavour, although fruits usually fail to mature fully in the U.K.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Late October
- Flowering
- 14th May (10%) · 18th May (full) · 26th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- medium-strong
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Width
- 67.64 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 55.43 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- medium
- Coarseness
- coarse
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour amount
- medium
- Over colour pattern
- striped/solid flush
Source · National Fruit Collection
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