BYFORD WONDER

Apple

BYFORD WONDER

Origin and History

Origin unrecorded. Introduced by Messrs. Cranstons in 1894. A useful fruit often reaching enormous size on young trees.

Tree

Growth habit: Very vigorous and fertile.

Leaves: Very large, roundish, dark, little upfolded, sharply curved serrate.

Fruit

Size and form: Very large; 3½ by 2½ inches; flattened round, nearly regular.

Skin: Dull yellow with conspicuous russet dots.

Stem: Short and stout, set in a deep and very wide russeted cavity.

Calyx and basin: Eye closed, in a rather deep basin which is a little puckered.

Flesh and flavor: Loose, yellowish, sub-acid.

Core and seeds: Not described in source.

Season

November to December.

Uses

Culinary.

Subtypes and Variants

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)

Nursery Catalog Sources

Found in 6 catalogs (1900–1917) from England, Illinois

George Bunyard & Co. , Royal Nurseries, Maidstone, Kent , England — 1900
Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900
Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901
James Veitch & Sons , Ltd., Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, London (also Coombe Wood, Langley, and Feltham) , England — 1911
George Bunyard & Co. , Royal Nurseries, Maidstone, Kent , England — 1914
George Bunyard & Co. , Royal Nurseries, Maidstone, Kent , England — 1917

View original book sources (1)

BYFORD WONDER. Culinary, November to December, very large, 3½ by 2½, flattened round, nearly regular. Colour, dull yellow with conspicuous russet dots. Flesh, loose, yellowish, sub-acid. Eye, closed in a rather deep basin which is a little puckered. Stem, short and stout in a deep and very wide russeted cavity. Growth, very vigorous; fertile. Leaf, very large, roundish, dark, little upfolded, sharply curved serrate. Origin, unrecorded. Introduced by Messrs. Cranstons, in 1894. A useful fruit often reaching enormous size on young trees.

— E.A. Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)