Hanwell Souring

A traditional old Victorian cooking apple.

Origin: Oxfordshire UK, 1820

Pollination: Hanwell Souring 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 Hanwell Souring

Believed raised at Hanwell, near Banbury, Oxfordshire. First recorded 1820. A large culinary apple with strong acidity, as suggested by its name. It was grown commercially in the West Midlands until replaced by Bramley in the 1930’s. Cooks to a fruity, sharp, puree. Vigorous, spreading tree.

Characteristics of Hanwell Souring apple trees

Use	Culinary
Colour	Flushed
Flavour	Acid
Fruit size	Large
Picking time
Season of use	Nov-Jan
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping
Pollination date	12
Pollination group	D
Self-fertility	Self-sterile triploid
Pollinators	Pollination partners