Isleworth Crab
Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.
Crab
A medium-sized crab apple with pale yellow skin dotted with reddish-brown, conical in shape. The flesh is crisp, sweet, juicy, and pleasantly flavored, making it a second-rate culinary variety. In use during October but scarcely worth cultivation.
Flavor & Texture
sweetcrispjuicy
Best Uses
culinary
Origin & History
- Status
- heritage
sweetpleasantly flavored
References
- UK National Fruit Collection
- 2950
- Cited authority (Hogg 1851)
- Hort