Crawley Beauty

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Culinary / Dessert

Origin

cottage garden near Crawley, Sussex, United Kingdom

Measured Phenotype

Brix: 14.1 °Bx
Fruit height: 53.0 mm
Fruit width: 70.0 mm

Each value is the highest-precedence :Assertion attached to this cultivar; full provenance (year, evidence type, confidence) is preserved in the graph.

A culinary apple of medium to large size, pale creamy yellow with red flush and stripes, ripening December to February. Firm, greenish-white flesh with good acid flavour when cooked, raised near Crawley, Sussex and introduced by Messrs. Cheal & Co. Vigorous, very fertile tree with very late flowering habit.

Flavor & Texture

acidgood_flavor_when_cookedfirm

Best Uses

cooking

Origin & History

Status: heritage
Origin type: chance seedling
First introduced: — · Messrs. Cheal & Co.
Known by: ≥ 1870

firmgreenish-whiteacid

References

USDA-NPGS: PI 589657
UK National Fruit Collection: 1347
Wikidata: Q41776198