SANDRINGHAM

Apple

SANDRINGHAM

Origin / History

Raised by Mr. Perry of Sandringham Gardens. Introduced by Messrs. Veitch & Sons in 1884.

Tree

Growth moderate and rather upright. Fertile when adult. Leaf rather small, narrow, upfolded, undulated, minutely serrate.

Fruit

Size and Form: Large; 2¾ by 2½ inches. Round conical, regular.

Skin: Yellow with occasional faint flush.

Stem: Slender, set in a moderately deep cavity that is very even and slightly russet.

Calyx / Eye: Closed, seated in a rather deep, slightly ribbed basin.

Flesh: Firm but soft, yellowish, sub-acid.

Core / Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

Culinary variety till February.

Uses

Culinary. A useful fruit which does well in the Western Counties.

Subtypes / Variants

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)

Nursery Catalog Sources

Found in 6 catalogs (1900–1917) 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
Thomas Rivers & Son , Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire , England — 1913
George Bunyard & Co. , Royal Nurseries, Maidstone, Kent , England — 1914
George Bunyard & Co. , Royal Nurseries, Maidstone, Kent , England — 1917

View original book sources (1)

SANDRINGHAM. Culinary, till February, large 2¾ by 2½, round conical, regular. Colour, yellow, with occasional faint flush. Flesh, firm, but soft, yellowish, sub-acid. Eye, closed in a rather deep slightly ribbed basin. Stem, slender in a moderately deep, very even slightly russet cavity. Growth, moderate, rather upright; fertile when adult. Leaf, rather small, narrow, upfolded, undulated, minutely serrate. Origin, raised by Mr. Perry, of Sandringham Gardens, and introduced by Messrs. Veitch & Sons, in 1884. A useful fruit which does well in the Western Counties.

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