FROGMORE PROLIFIC

Apple

FROGMORE PROLIFIC

Origin / History

Raised in the Royal Gardens at Frogmore, by Mr. Ingram. Now little grown.

Tree

Growth moderate; fertile. Leaf oval, bluntly pointed, finely serrate.

Fruit

Size: Medium, 3 by 2½.

Form: Round, conical, regular.

Stem: Long, set in a deepish cavity.

Cavity: Deepish, holding the long stem.

Calyx: Eye closed.

Basin: Shallow and even.

Skin: Colour greenish-yellow, dusted with red and broad broken stripes.

Dots: Not described in source.

Flesh and flavor: Soft, white, sub-acid.

Core and seeds: Not described in source.

Season

September to December.

Uses

Culinary.

Subtypes / Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)

Nursery Catalog Sources

Found in 3 catalogs (1900–1911) from England, Illinois

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

View original book sources (1)

FROGMORE PROLIFIC. Culinary, September to December, medium, 3 by 2½, round, conical, regular. Colour, greenish-yellow, dusted with red and broad broken stripes. Flesh, soft, white, sub-acid. Eye, closed, in a shallow even basin. Stem, long, in a deepish cavity. Growth, moderate; fertile. Leaf, oval, bluntly pointed, finely serrate. Origin, raised in the Royal Gardens at Frogmore, by Mr. Ingram. Now little grown.

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

Fertile de Frogmore Fruchtbarer von Frogmore