Broughton
Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.
Dessert
A small, conical dessert apple with pale greenish-yellow skin finely covered in delicate lively red and deeper red streaks on the sunny side. The flesh is greenish-yellow, tender, delicate, and richly flavored with brisk, sugary characteristics. Valued as a first-rate dessert apple in use from October to December.
Flavor & Texture
sweetrichbrisktenderdelicate
Best Uses
fresh_eatingdessert
Origin & History
- Status
- commercial
brisksugaryrichly flavoredtenderdelicate
References
- UK National Fruit Collection
- 783
- Cited authority (Hogg 1851)
- Hort