William Crump
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised by Carless, foreman at Rowe's Nurseries, Worcester and introduced by them. Received an Award of Merit in 1908 and a First Class Certificate in 1910 from the Royal Horticultural Society. Fruits have firm, fine-textured, juicy flesh with a sweet and rich, aromatic flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 6th May (10%) · 11th May (full) · 19th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Conical
- Width
- 70.00 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 57.00 mm
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Firmness
- firm
- Greasiness
- Weak
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- Yellowish
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour amount
- high-very high
- Over colour pattern
- striped
Source · National Fruit Collection
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