Tyler's Kernel

Apple

Tyler's Kernel

Origin / History

Introduced to notice in 1884 by a Mr. Tyler, of Hereford (Bunyard). Planted in the Central Experimental Farm test orchard at Agassiz, British Columbia, in spring 1894, and listed in the Bulletin No. 3 catalogue of fruit trees under test (1900). Listed by Thomas Rivers & Son in their 1914 catalogue. Bunyard calls it "a useful late fruit."

Tree

Growth vigorous (Agassiz) to robust (Bunyard). Leaf large, roundish, very dark, flat, boldly and sharply serrate. Fertility moderate (Bunyard); "hardy and fine bearing" (Rivers). Rather subject to canker (Bunyard).

Fruit

Size: Large, 2½ by 3 (Bunyard); large (Rivers). Medium or above medium at Agassiz. Very variable in size (Bunyard).

Form: Markedly conical, slightly angular, very variable in shape (Bunyard). Oblong, conical (Agassiz).

Stem: Generally extremely short (Bunyard).

Cavity: Medium, russet (Bunyard).

Calyx: Eye a little open (Bunyard).

Basin: Very deep (Bunyard).

Skin: Color soft, pale yellow (Bunyard). Greenish yellow, nearly covered with dull red (Agassiz).

Dots: Not described in source.

Flesh and flavor: Flesh yellowish, crisp, juicy. Mildly sub-acid, "with a pleasant rich aromatic flavour"; Bunyard gives "sweetish." Quality "very good" (Agassiz).

Core and seeds: Not described in source.

Season

The recorded season runs from September to May. September at Agassiz; "till March" (Bunyard); February to May (Rivers).

Uses

Culinary (Bunyard).

Subtypes / Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Rivers places it "of the Blenheim type."

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 (3)

TYLER'S KERNEL. Culinary, till March, large, 2½ by 3, markedly conical, slightly angular, very variable in shape and size. Colour, soft, pale yellow, sweetish. Eye, a little open, in a very deep basin. Stem, generally extremely short, in a medium russet cavity. Growth, robust; fertility, moderate. Leaf, large, roundish, very dark, flat, boldly and sharply serrate. Origin, a Mr. Tyler, of Hereford, introduced this fruit to notice in 1884. A useful late fruit rather subject to canker.

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

Planted Spring 1894. Tree a vigorous grower. Fruit of medium or above medium size, oblong, conical. Skin greenish yellow, nearly covered with dull red. Flesh yellowish, crisp, juicy, mildly sub-acid, with a pleasant rich aromatic flavour, quality very good. Season September.

— Central Experimental Farm, Central Experimental Farm, Agassiz BC — Catalogue of Fruit Trees under Test (Bulletin No. 3, 1900) (1900)

large; of the Blenheim type; hardy and fine bearing. - Feb.-May.

— Thomas Rivers & Son, Thomas Rivers Catalogue of Fruits (1914) (1914)