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William Crump
type: Dessert, Eating
identification: Medium to large, round to round conic. Skin is greenish-yellow washed orange red on the sun-exposed face and marked with some darker stiping. The calyx is medium size, partly open, set in a shallow and wide basin which is slightly puckered. The stem is medium long and slender, set in a deep and narrow, russetted cavity. The russetting frequently radiates over the shoulder in a fine network. Abundant russet lenticels.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, fine-grained, crisp and firm. Juicy, sweet with a pineapple tartness. Nutty flavour.
uses: Fresh eating.
origins: A cross betwen Cox's Orange Pippin and Worcester Pearmain, this variety was developed and raised from seed by William Crump (head gardener at the Madresfield Court) of Worcesterhire (U.K.). However, it was introduced in 1908 by William Rowe's Nursery by its foreman, J. Carless, who claimed to have raised it.
cultivation: Vigorous, upright tree. Bears fruit on spurs. Annual crops.
cold storage: Keeps up to three months, improving in flavour.
harvest: In the middle of the fifth period.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 14
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 12
harvest period: 5
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