Beachamwell
Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.
Dessert
A small, handsomely ovate dessert apple with greenish-yellow skin covered in russet patches. The flesh is tender, crisp, and very juicy with a rich, brisk, and sugary flavor, in use from December to March. Originally raised by John Motteux of Beachamwell, Norfolk; not very generally cultivated in 1851 but highly esteemed as an excellent bearer.
Flavor & Texture
richsweetsweet_tarttendercrispjuicy
Best Uses
fresh_eatingdessert
Origin & History
- Status
- heritage
- Origin type
- open pollinated seedling
- Original breeder
- John Motteux
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References
- UK National Fruit Collection
- 378
- Cited authority (Hogg 1851)
- Hort