Ashmead’s Kernel Apple Back To List Description: Ashmead's Kernel is an old traditional English russet, classed as one of the best late dessert apples. It's superlatives that attach to its rare flavour have been consistent for three centuries! The sweets known as pear drops is the essence of the flavour of Ashmead's Kernel! Fruit is pale green with strong, sweet-sharp, intense, acid drop flavour and white flesh. It's an excellent keeper, until March in ideal conditions, producing fine juice that can be used for cider. Beautiful large white flowers in the spring, much better grown as a garden variety! History: Raised by Dr Ashmead in his own garden in Gloucester, England; probably originated in about 1700 and was widely grown around Gloucestershire at that time. Featured in the catalogue of the Brompton Park Nursery in 1780 and later received an Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1993. Pollination Partners: Apple Bright Furture | Apple Charles Ross | Apple Discovery | Apple Ellison's Orange | Apple Golden Delicious | Apple Greensleeves | Apple Honeycrisp | Apple Kidd's Orange Red Attributes Uses: Eating Storing: FebruaryJ Uses: Juice Picking month: Early October Pollination group 4 Award-winning Relatively trouble-freeJ Suitable for juicing Container Back To List Find a local stockist by selecting your county: Select a CountyAberdeenshireAngusArgyllshireAvonAyrshireBedfordshireBerkshireBristolBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireCardiffCarmarthenshireCeredigionChannel IslandsCheshireClwydConwyCornwallCumbriaDenbighshireDerbyshireDevonDorsetDumfriesshireDunbartonshireDurhamEast LothianEast SussexEssexFifeGlamorganGloucestershireGwentGwyneddHampshireHerefordshireHertfordshireHumbersideInverness-shireIsle of ManKentLanarkshireLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonLondonderryManchesterMerionethMerseysideMid GlamorganMiddlesexMidlothianMonmouthshireMontgomeryshireMorayshireNorfolkNorth YorkshireNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOxfordshirePembrokeshirePerthshirePowysRenfrewshireRoxburghshireRutlandShropshireSomersetSouth YorkshireStaffordshireStirlingshireSuffolkSurreyTaysideTyne and WearWarwickshireWest GlamorganWest LothianWest MidlandsWest SussexWest YorkshireWigtownshireWiltshireWorcestershireYorkshire Search Discover these similar varieties… D’Arcy Spice Apple Bright green becoming gold with red flush. Hot, spicy nutmeg flavoured eater. Enjoys the sea air. Full Details Honeycrisp Apple Large, attractive, very crisp with a fizzy texture, sweet with pleasant mild flavours. Stores well in natural conditions. Full Details Gladstone Apple Dark red stripes, darker lenticles on green. Raspberry/redcurrant sweet flavour. Full Details Red Falstaff® Apple Red sport of ‘Falstaff’. Fruit flavour, crisp, juicy. Frost resistant, self fertile. Heavy crops, keeps well. Full Details
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