Devonshire Quarrenden

A popular Victorian early dessert apple with a distinctive strawberry flavour.

Origin: Devon UK, 1676

Pollination: Devonshire Quarrenden is partially self-fertile and would produce some crop without a pollinator but would benefit considerably from a pollinator.Find pollination partners >

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History and description of Devonshire Quarrenden

First recorded by John Worlidge in 1676. Thought to be a native of Devon but possibly introduced from France taking its name from Carentan in Normandy. A popular early dessert variety in Victorian England which, until its decline in the 1890's, was widely grown and sold in markets as 'Quarantine'.

Small to medium sized, flat-round fruit. Smooth, pale greenish yellow skin, almost completely covered with a dark crimson flush. Some inconspicuous fine stripes. The flesh is white, tinged green, crisp and juicy, but goes soft quickly once picked. Sweet with some acidity and a very distinctive strawberry flavour.

A spreading tree of weak vigour. Biennial cropper.

Characteristics of Devonshire Quarrenden apple trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Red
Flavour	Strawberry
Fruit size	Small
Picking time	Mid Aug
Season of use	Aug
Tree vigour	Small
Tree habit	Spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping	Biennial
Pollination date	7
Pollination group	B
Self-fertility	Partially self-fertile
Pollinators	Pollination partners
Progeny	Worcester Pearmain