Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Opal (Seabrook)
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
Raised by W.P. Seabrook, Chelmsford, Essex. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1936. Fruits have firm, crisp flesh with a sweet subacid flavour.
Family tree
Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.
- Opal (Seabrook) United Kingdom, by 1936
- Seed parent Rival United Kingdom, by 1900
- Parent Peasgood's Nonsuch United Kingdom, about 1858
- Parent Aport Russia, late 18th century
- Parent Golden Noble United Kingdom, by 1803
- Parent Cox's Orange Pippin United Kingdom, about 1825
- Parent Margil France, probably by 1608
- Parent Rosemary Russet United Kingdom, by 1831
- Parent Peasgood's Nonsuch United Kingdom, about 1858
- Pollen parent Worcester Pearmain United Kingdom, by 1873
- Seed parent Devonshire Quarrenden United Kingdom, by 1678
- Seed parent Rival United Kingdom, by 1900
Sources
- Opal (Seabrook) (accession 1936 - 027), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the parentage; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (early september).
