Ecklinville Seedling
Apple
ECKLINVILLE SEEDLING
Origin & History
This Irish apple was raised at Ecklinville, four miles from Portaferry and eighteen miles from Belfast, by a Scotch gardener named Logan approximately 60 years prior to 1885 (circa 1825).
Tree
The tree has a good habit of growth and is a great bearer.
Fruit
Form & Size: Large, roundish and flattened, even in its outline but slightly angular round the eye.
Skin: Bright, rather deep lemon color with a tinge of green, strewed but not thickly with large russet dots, and with a crimson blush on the side exposed to the sun.
Eye: Large with closed segments, deeply set in an angular basin.
Stalk: Half an inch long, slender, not protruding beyond the flat base of the fruit.
Flesh & Flavor: White, tender and full grained, with a brisk acidulous flavor.
Season
October to Christmas.
Uses
An excellent and handsome culinary apple, excellent for market. Now extensively grown throughout the three kingdoms (England, Scotland, and Ireland).
Subtypes/Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— Woolhope Naturalists Field Club, The Herefordshire Pomona (1885)
- ECKLINVILLE SEEDLING.
This Irish apple was raised at Ecklinville four miles from Portaferry, and eighteen miles from Belfast, by a Scotch gardener named Logan, some 60 years since.
Description.—Fruit: large, roundish and flattened, even in its outline, but slightly angular round the eye. Skin: bright, rather deep lemon colour with a tinge of green, strewed but not thickly with large russet dots, and with a crimson blush on the side exposed to the sun. Eye: large with closed segments, deeply set in an angular basin. Stalk: half an inch long, slender, not protruding beyond the flat base of the fruit. Flesh: white, tender and full grained, with a brisk acidulous flavour.
This is an excellent and handsome culinary apple, in season from October to Christmas. The tree has a good habit of growth and is a great bearer. It is an excellent variety for the market, and is now extensively grown in the three kingdoms.