Applevariety
Braeburn
Also known as Breaburn
Breaburn
A New Zealand apple that arose as a chance seedling, not a planned cross.
Origin · Waiwhero, Upper Moutere, New Zealand
Released 1952
Taste & texture
- Sweetness
- medium
- Firmness
- firm
- Bite
- crisp
- Flavour
- Perfumed.
- Used for
- Dessert apple
How to spot it
- Skin
- Ripe skin colour red, yellow, green
- Flesh
- cream
- Shape
- conical
- Size
- medium
Harvest & storage
- Harvest
Origin & family
Where Braeburn began
Recorded origin
Waiwhero, Upper Moutere
New Zealand
- Released
- 1952
Braeburn’s family
5 varieties · 4 recorded linksArrows follow parents → children
This variety
Braeburn
Waiwhero, Upper Moutere, New Zealand
Photo: National Fruit Collection, Brogdale · UK Open Government Licence v2.0
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On the label
Produce label codes recorded for Braeburn
41014103
Organic labels add a leading 9.
Field notes
Original source notes
- size
- medium · United Kingdomnationalfruitcollection.org.uk ↗
- shape
- conical · United Kingdomnationalfruitcollection.org.uk ↗
- flesh colour
- cream · United Kingdomnationalfruitcollection.org.uk ↗
- texture
- crisp, firm · United Kingdomnationalfruitcollection.org.uk ↗
- flavour notes
- Perfumed. · United Kingdomnationalfruitcollection.org.uk ↗
- season timing
- mid · Washingtontreefruit.wsu.edu ↗
- skin colour ripe
- red, yellow, green · Washingtontreefruit.wsu.edu ↗
- sweetness
- medium · Washingtontreefruit.wsu.edu ↗
Fruit & tree
- sports
- Hidala
- synonyms
- Breaburn
- parentage
- Lady Hamilton x Unknown
Photos
National Fruit Collection, BrogdaleUK Open Government Licence v2.0 Whole and cut, from the UK National Fruit Collection.