EDWARD VII
AppleOrigin/History: Said to be a cross between Blenheim Orange and Golden Noble. Introduced by Messrs. Rowe of Worcester, about 1908. First mentioned in Garden magazine, 1911, page 523.
Tree: Growth vigorous with moderate fertility. Leaves dark, held flat with undulating margins, roundish oval in outline, with crenate edges.
Fruit:
- Size and Form: Large, 3½ by 2½ inches, oblong and regular in shape
- Skin: Pale yellow with faint brownish-red flush
- Stem: Short, seated in a fairly wide but not deep cavity
- Calyx/Eye: Open, positioned in a wide, rather deep basin that is slightly ribbed
- Flesh: Extremely firm, yellow, acid, and juicy
- Distinctive Features: Usually displays a small raised line running down one side, similar to that seen in Keswick Codlin
Season: December to April
Uses: Culinary variety. Cooks to a dark red color and becomes transparent when cooked.
Other: Bunyard describes this as "a valuable fruit, which should be more widely cultivated."
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
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— E.A. Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)EDWARD VII.
Garden, 1911, 523. Culinary, December to April, large, 3½ by 2½, oblong, regular. Colour, pale yellow with faint brownish-red flush. Flesh, extremely firm, yellow, acid, juicy. Eye, open in a wide rather deep basin which is slightly ribbed. Stem, short in a fairly wide not deep cavity. Growth, vigorous ; moderately fertile. Leaf, dark, held flat, undulating, roundish oval, crenate. Origin, said to be Blenheim Orange × Golden Noble. Introduced by Messrs. Rowe, of Worcester, about 1908. A valuable fruit, which should be more widely cultivated. Cooks dark red and transparent. It usually has a small raised line down one side as in Keswick Codlin.