HOUNSLOW WONDER

Apple

Origin/History: This new apple was introduced by Messrs. Spooner of Hounslow, who find it a valuable market variety.

Tree: Growth habit: Moderate growth; good fertility. Leaves: Moderate, oval, deeply curved serrate.

Fruit: Size: Medium; 3 by 2⅜ inches. Form: Flattened round, tapering to eye. Skin: Pale yellow with dark spots, brown-red flush and broad broken stripes. Cavity: Narrow, deep, russet-lined; stem short. Calyx: Eye small, closed, in a shallow plaited basin. Flesh: Firm, crisp, after Wellington style.

Season: December to March.

Uses: Culinary; valued as a market variety.

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)

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HOUNSLOW WONDER. Culinary, December to March, medium, 3 by 2⅜, flattened round, tapering to eye. Colour, pale yellow with dark spots, brown-red flush and broad broken stripes. Flesh, firm, crisp, after Wellington style. Eye, small, closed, in a shallow plaited basin. Stem, short in a narrow deep and russet cavity. Growth, moderate; fertility, good. Leaf, moderate, oval, deeply curved serrate. Origin, this new apple was introduced by Messrs. Spooner, of Hounslow, who find it a valuable market variety.

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