Ashmead's Kernel

A classic old English variety with an intense sweet-sharp, good keeping quality and very attractive blossom.

Origin: Gloucestershire UK, 1700

Pollination: Ashmead's Kernel 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 Ashmead's Kernel

Raised in Gloucester by Dr Ashmead c 1700 . Won RHS Award of Merit 1969 and First Class Certificate in 1981. Never Grown Commercially more than on a very small scale because of erratic cropping and dull colour.

Medium sized, flat-round, slightly ribbed fruit. Pale greenish yellow skin with patches of fine russet and occasionally brownish red flush. White, firm, juicy flesh. Strong, distinctive, sweet-sharp acid-drop flavour. Regarded by many as one of the finest flavoured apples. Excellent keeper.

Upright tree of moderate vigour. Very attractive blossom. Irregular cropping. Prone to bitter pit but resistant to scab and mildew.

Characteristics of Ashmead's Kernel apple trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Russet
Flavour	Aromatic
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time	Early/Mid Oct
Season of use	Dec-Feb
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping	Erratic
Disease resistance	Scab - Resistant Mildew - Resistant
Suitable for	Northern Britain
Special features	Attractive Blossom Good for Cider
Pollination date	14
Pollination group	D
Self-fertility	Self-sterile triploid
Pollinators	Pollination partners