Bastard Foxwhelp
Apple
Bastard Foxwhelp
Origin/History There are two or three small apples called by this name, though the variety described here is the most esteemed and grown.
Tree Bears well. Much esteemed by some growers.
Fruit
Size: Small.
Form: Oblate, sometimes somewhat roundish, even and regularly formed.
Skin: Smooth and shining as if varnished. Entirely covered with bright crimson, striped with darker crimson on the side exposed to the sun; on the shaded side greenish yellow striped with crimson. The stalk cavity only is lined with russet.
Stem: Very long and slender at its insertion and throughout its length, but thicker at the end. Inserted in a deep cavity.
Calyx: Very small and closed, with short connivent segments, placed in a shallow saucer-like depression. Tube conical. Stamens marginal.
Flesh: Yellowish stained with red, firm, unusually acid.
Core: Cells slightly open; cell-walls orbicular.
Season Not described in source.
Uses Valued for cider making. Some growers detect a slight Foxwhelp flavor in the cider this variety helps to produce.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— Woolhope Naturalists Field Club, The Herefordshire Pomona (1885)
- BASTARD FOXWHELP.
There are two or three small apples called by this name, but that which is the most esteemed and grown is figured here.
Description.—Fruit, small and oblate, sometimes somewhat roundish, even and regularly formed. Skin, smooth and shining as if varnished, entirely covered with bright crimson, and striped with darker crimson on the side exposed to the sun; but on the shaded side it is greenish yellow striped with crimson ; the stalk cavity only is lined with russet. Eye, very small and closed, with short connivent segments placed in a shallow saucer-like depression ; tube, conical; stamens, marginal. Stalk, very long and slender at its insertion and throughout its length, but thicker at the end, inserted in a deep cavity. Flesh, yellowish stained with red, firm, unusually acid. Cells of the core, slightly open ; cell-walls, orbicular.
The Bastard Foxwhelp bears well, and is much esteemed by some growers, who think they detect in the cider which it helps to make a slight Foxwhelp flavour.