Braddick Nonpareil

A late dessert apple with an intense fruit drop acid-sharp flavour.

Origin: Surrey UK, 1818

Pollination: Braddick Nonpareil is a self-sterile triploid and would require a pollinator to produce a crop.Find pollination partners >

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History and description of Braddick Nonpareil

Raised by John Braddick, Thames Ditton, Surrey, UK. First Exhibited at the London Horticultural Society 1818. Medium sized, flat-round fruit. Red flush over greenish yellow skin. Crisp cream coloured flesh. Rich intense sweet-sharp flavour of fruit drops. Stores well.

Characteristics of Braddick Nonpareil apple trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Flushed
Flavour	Sweet-Sharp
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time	Mid Oct
Season of use	Nov-Feb
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping
Pollination date	13
Pollination group	D
Self-fertility	Self-sterile triploid
Pollinators	Pollination partners