Beauty of Hants

A dual purpose apple very similar to Blenheim Orange.

Origin: Hampshire UK, 1850

Pollination: Beauty of Hants is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop.Find pollination partners >

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History and description of Beauty of Hants

Beauty of Hants apple was raised probably from a Blenheim Orange seedling at Basset, Southampton, UK before 1850. Very similar to a Blenheim Orange.

Characteristics of Beauty of Hants apple trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Flushed
Flavour	Fruity
Fruit size	Large
Picking time	Early/Mid Oct
Season of use	Nov-Jan
Tree vigour	Vigorous
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping
Pollination date	13
Pollination group	D
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Pollinators	Pollination partners