Dredge's Fame

A large late dessert apple with a rich fruity flavour.

Origin: Wiltshire UK, 1802

Pollination: Dredge's Fame 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 Dredge's Fame

First recorded in 1802. Believed to have been raised by William Dredge of Wishford, Salisbury, Wiltshire. A late dessert apple. Large, round fruit. Smooth skinned with a bright red flush. Sweet-sharp with a rich fruity flavour. Very prone to bitter pit.

Characteristics of Dredge's Fame apple trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Flushed
Flavour	Rich
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time	Early/Mid Oct
Season of use	Nov-Dec
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping
Pollination date	9
Pollination group	C
Self-fertility	Self-sterile triploid
Pollinators	Pollination partners