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Ecklinville
An old cooking apple originating from Northern Ireland.
Origin: Northern Ireland UK, 1800
Pollination: Ecklinville is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop. Pollination partners
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History and description of Ecklinville
Believed to have been raised before 1800 by a gardener called Logan at Ecklinville, Portaferry, near Belfast, Northern Ireland. A large culinary apple, highly regarded by Victorians as a good sauce apple. Grown commercially in the UK, particularly in Worcestershire, until 1930's.A large flat-round fruit. Pea green turning yellow with many russet dots. The skin becomes very greasy. Flesh white, juicy, rather soft and fine- textured. Cooks to a well-flavoured, juicy puree.
A tree of great vigour. Good cropper.
Characteristics of Ecklinville apple trees
| Use | Culinary |
| Colour | Green |
| Flavour | Sharp |
| Fruit size | Large |
| Picking time | Early Sep |
| Season of use | Sep-Nov |
| Tree vigour | Vigorous |
| Tree habit | Upright-spreading |
| Fruit-bearing | Spur-bearer |
| Cropping | Good |
| Special features | Attractive Blossom |
| Pollination date | 13 |
| Pollination group | D |
| Self-fertility | Self-sterile |
| Pollinators | Pollination partners |
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