Dumelow's Seedling. Dumelow's Crab, | Wellington Apple. Foreign. Medium, round, yellow with blush red, brown spots ; flesh, yellow, acid. November to March.

— F.R. Elliott, The Western Fruit Book (1865)

Dumelow's Seedling. Wellington. Dumelow's Crab. English, rather large, roundish, yellow, with a blush. Flesh yellow, crisp, brisk, acid. Good. November to March.

— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

DUMELOW.

REFERENCES. 1. Lindley, 1831:81. 2. Ronalds, 1831:37, fig. 3. Cat. Hort. Soc., London, 1831. 4. Diel, 27:55. 1832. 5. Kenrick, 1833:101. 6. Floy-Lindley, 1833:32. 7. Thomas, 1849:165. 8. Rivers, Horticulturist, 4:40. 1849. 9. Emmons, Nat. Hist. N. Y., 3:85. 1851. 10. Downing, 1857:212. 11. Elliott, 1858:169. 12. Lucas, F., Ill. Handb. der Obstk., 1:187. 1859. 13. Warder, 1867:717. 14. Leroy, 1873:864. figs. 15. Hogg, 1884:65. 16. Bredsted, 1893:274. 17. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:237. 18. Ill. Sta. Bul., 45:320. 1896. 19. Eneroth-Smirnoff, 1901:480. 20. Beach and Clark, N. Y. Sta. Bul., 248:117. 1904.

SYNONYMS. DUKE OF WELLINGTON (2, 5). Dumelow's Crab (6, 10, 11, 14, 15). Dumelow's Pippin (14). DUMELOW'S SEEDLING (1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16). Dumelow's Seedling (5, 14, 17, 18). Normanton Wonder (3, 14, 15). Sutton Beauty (14), but erroneously. WELLINGTON (12, 14, 16, 19, 20). Wellington (6, 10, 11, 15). WELLINGTON'S REINETTE (4).

Fruit of good marketable size, rather attractive for a yellow apple, and a good keeper (15, 20). It is excellent for culinary use, but too acid to be agreeable for dessert. The tree is a very strong grower and quite productive in alternate years. Possibly it is worthy of growing to a limited extent for market, but it is inferior to good red apples like Baldwin and Sutton both in appearance and for dessert uses. In England it is esteemed as one of the most valuable culinary apples (15).

Historical. First exhibited to the Royal Horticultural Society, London, in 1820 under the name Wellington, but prior to that it had been extensively cultivated under the name of Dumelow's Crab, taking its name from the farmer with whom it originated (15).

TREE.

Tree very vigorous. Form upright becoming rather round with spreading and somewhat drooping branches. Twigs medium or rather long, nearly straight, somewhat stocky, somewhat pubescent; internodes medium or above. Bark rather clear light brownish-red over olive-green with slight scarf-skin. Lenticels characteristically conspicuous, very numerous, medium to very large, usually elongated, raised. Buds large to below medium, plump, rather acute, somewhat appressed, decidedly pubescent. Leaves medium to large, long and rather broad. Petioles red at base.

FRUIT.

Fruit above medium to large; pretty uniform in size and shape. Form roundish, somewhat oblate, sometimes obscurely ribbed. Stem medium to rather short. Cavity rather narrow, acute to acuminate, moderately shallow to deep, symmetrical, sometimes russeted. Calyx large, open; lobes separated at the base. Basin variable, obtuse to abrupt, shallow to moderately deep, irregularly furrowed and somewhat wrinkled. Skin tough, rather pale bright yellow, sometimes blushed with light red and striped with thin carmine. Dots often submerged, dark gray or with russet point. Prevailing color yellow. Calyx tube conical or funnel-form with broad limb and short truncate cylinder. Stamens basal. Core below medium to rather small, usually more or less abaxile; cells not always symmetrical, partly closed particularly toward the apex, or open; core lines meeting or somewhat clasping. Carpels roundish cordate, emarginate. Seeds small to medium, wide, plump, acute to obtuse, dark. Flesh whitish with slight yellow tinge, firm, crisp, moderately fine, tender, very juicy, brisk subacid, slightly aromatic, good for cooking. Season November to March or April.

— S.A. Beach, The Apples of New York, Vol. 1 (1905)

DUMMELOUS SEEDLING. Ronalds, P. 19. (Belle des Vennes, Dumelow's Seedling, Duke of Wellington, Normanton Wonder.) Culinary, till March, medium, 3 by 2¼, flattened round, regular. Colour, creamy-yellow with scarlet flush. Flesh, crisp, white, acid. Eye, open in a flat wrinkled basin. Stem, very short in a very shallow cavity or almost on surface. Growth, vigorous; fertility fair. Leaf, fairly large, rather pale, nearly flat, very coarsely serrate or crenate. Origin, raised at Shakerstone, Leicester, by Mr. Dummelow, in the latter part of the nineteenth century. One of the best of cooking apples for those who like a brisk acidity. It is apt to canker.

Dummelow's Seedling: see Wellington.

Dunster Codlin: see Tower of Glamis.

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

Planted Spring 1890. Tree a strong and upright grower, but a shy bearer. Fruit of medium size, roundish, oblate, conical. Skin golden yellow, shaded and splashed with bright red. Flesh yellowish, crisp, juicy, tender, mildly sub-acid, quality very good. Season December and January.

— Central Experimental Farm, Central Experimental Farm, Agassiz BC — Catalogue of Fruit Trees under Test (Bulletin No. 3, 1900) (1900)

Culinary; Nov.-Jan. Medium-sized; of a greenish shade; firm flesh; good keeper; hardly subject to canker. One of the most valuable culinary sorts for market. (H, B.T., P.)

— George Bunyard & Co., George Bunyard Catalog of Fruit Trees (1914) (1914)