French Crab
syn. Amiens Long Keeper, Amiens Longkeeper, Claremont, Claremont Pippin, Easter Pippin, Green Beefing, Gruner Oster, Gruner Oster Apfel, Iron King, Iron Stone Apple, Ironside, Ironsides, Ironstone, Ironstone Pippin, John Apple, Robin, Somerset Stone Pippin, Three Years Old, Tunbridge Pippin, Two Years Apple, Winter Greening, Winter Queening, Yorkshire Robin, Young's Long Keeper, Young's Long Keeping, Young's Long-Keeping
Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Thought to have originated in France. It was brought to England at the end of the 1700s. Fruits have white, distinctly green tinged flesh which is very firm, coarse-textured and a little juicy and acid. It cooks well, having a strong aroma when cooking.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 9th May (10%) · 15th May (full) · 22nd May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Culinary
- Shape
- Truncate conical
- Width
- 70.00 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 64.00 mm
- Russet
- very low
- Ribbing
- medium
- Firmness
- very firm
- Over colour
- Brown
- Flesh colour
- Greenish
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
Source · National Fruit Collection
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