IMPROVED ASHMEAD'S KERNEL

Apple

Origin/History

Origin undiscovered. Hogg considered this identical with the original Ashmead's Kernel, but it is certainly distinct and much larger.

Tree

Growth: Moderate.

Fertility: Moderate.

Foliage: Leaf roundish, pale, nearly flat, with deeply curved serrate margins; very large.

Fruit

Size: Medium to rather large.

Form: Round flattened, fairly regular, generally higher on one side.

Skin: Golden yellow almost entirely covered with reddish-brown russet with golden-brown flush.

Stem: Short.

Cavity: Very wide.

Calyx: Closed.

Basin: Rather deep, wide.

Flesh and flavor: Firm, pale yellow, of pleasant sub-acid flavour.

Core and seeds: Not described in source.

Season

February to March.

Uses

Dessert.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)

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IMPROVED ASHMEAD'S KERNEL. Dessert, February to March, medium to rather large, round flattened, fairly regular, generally higher on one side. Colour, golden yellow almost entirely covered with reddish-brown russet with golden-brown flush. Flesh, firm, pale yellow, of pleasant sub-acid flavour. Eye, closed in a rather deep wide basin. Stem, short in a very wide cavity. Growth, moderate ; fertility, moderate. Leaf, roundish, pale, nearly flat, deeply curved serrate, very large. Origin, undiscovered. Hogg considered this identical with the original Ashmead's Kernel, but it is certainly distinct and much larger.

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