Norfolk Dumpling

Apple

Origin and History

Origin undiscovered.

Tree

Growth good; very fertile. Leaves rather small, narrow, with crenate or curved serrate margins, nearly flat, dark green.

Fruit

Size and Form: Large; 3½ by 3 inches; round, tapering to eye.

Skin: Pale green-yellow; smooth and slightly greasy.

Stem: Extremely short, in a flat cavity.

Calyx (Eye): Closed, set in a ribbed basin which is rather small.

Flesh: White, coarse-grained, acid.

Season

September to October.

Uses

Culinary.

Subtypes and Variants

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)

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NORFOLK DUMPLING. Culinary, September to October, large, 3½ by 3, round, tapering to eye. Colour, pale green yellow; smooth and slightly greasy. Flesh, white, coarse grained, acid. Eye, closed in a ribbed basin, which is rather small. Stem, extremely short, in a flat cavity. Growth, good; very fertile. Leaf rather small, narrow, crenate or curved serrate, nearly flat, dark green. Origin, undiscovered.

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