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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. 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 |
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