Cornish Aromatic

A very old English apple variety thought to have been grown in Cornwall for centuries.

Origin: Cornwall UK, 1813

Pollination: Cornish Aromatic is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop.Find pollination partners >

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History and description of Cornish Aromatic

Cornish Aromatic apple was first described by Sir Christopher Hawkins in 1813 but thought to have been in Cornwall for many centuries.

A handsome, medium sized, round-conical to oblong-conical fruit, ribbed and very distinctly five crowned. Dry skin, greenish-yellow, half flushed dullish red with broken, short darker red stripes. Variable amounts of russetting, which in some years may be limited to small russet dots and in others may comprise of large ochre russet patches covering much of the surface and producing a pretty patterns with the underlying red flush . White flesh with greenish tinges, firm and rather dry. Has a fine aromatic, almost spicy flavour in good years but may lack flavour in poor years.

Vigorous, upright, spreading tree. Produces spurs freely.

Characteristics of Cornish Aromatic apple trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Flushed
Flavour	Aromatic
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time	Mid Oct
Season of use	Dec-Feb
Tree vigour	Vigorous
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping	Light
Disease resistance	Scab - Very resistant Canker - Very resistant
Suitable for	Wet Regions
Pollination date	15
Pollination group	D
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Pollinators	Pollination partners