DEWDNEY'S SEEDLING
AppleOrigin/History
Raised at Barrowby, near Grantham, by Mr. Dewdney, about 1850.
Tree
Growth: Straggling, vigorous, fertile.
Leaf: Moderate size, dark, nearly flat, undulating with curved serrate margin.
Fruit
Size: Large, 3 by 2¼ inches.
Form: Flat, conical, rather irregular.
Skin/Color: Golden-yellow with brownish-red flush.
Stem: Rather short and stout, located in a wide cavity, nearly free from russet.
Calyx/Eye: Closed, situated in a round basin that is moderately deep and slightly ribbed.
Flesh: Firm, pale yellow, juicy and brisk.
Season
December to January.
Uses
Culinary; a useful late cooking variety.
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 1 catalog (1911) from England
- James Veitch & Sons , Ltd., Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, London (also Coombe Wood, Langley, and Feltham) , England — 1911 — listed as Baron Wolseley
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— E.A. Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)DEWDNEY'S SEEDLING. (Baron Wolseley.) Culinary, December to January, large, 3 by 2¼, flat, conical, rather irregular. Colour, golden-yellow, with brownish-red flush. Flesh, firm, pale yellow, juicy and brisk. Eye, closed in a round, moderately deep slightly ribbed basin. Stem, rather short, stout in a wide cavity, nearly free from russet. Growth, straggling, vigorous; fertile. Leaf, moderate, dark, nearly flat, undulating, curved serrate. Origin, raised at Barrowby, near Grantham, by Mr. Dewdney, about 1850. A useful late cooking variety.