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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. 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 |
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