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Breakey
type: Culinary, Eating, Jelly, Pie, Sauce
synonyms: Breaky
identification: Medium size, round to slightly conic with angular faces. The skin base colour is greenish yellow with red broken stripes and blushed scarlet. The calyx is small and closed, set in a shallow, wide basin. The stem is medium length, medium stout and set in a narrow, medium deep cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is white, fine-grained, melting and tender. Juicy, spicy and sprightly. Browns slightly on exposure to air.
uses: This is a refreshing and tasty apple for fresh eating, but it also makes excellent pies, sauces and jellies.
origins: Developed at the Canadian Department of Agricultural Research Station in Morden, Manitoba (Canada) from an open-pollinated Blushed Calville. Released in 1935. It was named for William James Breakey (1895-1979) who served as the assistant superintendent of the Morden research facility, then known as the Dominion Experimental Station until 1960.
cultivation: Vigorous. Hardy, vigorous and upright spreading tree. Well suited to cold winters.
cold storage: Keeps for up to two months in cold storage.
harvest: Ready for harvest in the middle of the fourth period. It has a tendency to drop fruit before harvest.
notes: Large white blossoms make this a noteworthy ornamental tree as well as being a good producer of eating apples.
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 8
harvest period: 4
flowers: White
hardiness: 3
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