Winter Hawthornden
Apple
Source: Woolhope Naturalists Field Club, The Herefordshire Pomona (1885)
Origin and History
Efforts have been made in vain to discover the history of this apple, although it must be a recent production.
Tree
The tree forms an excellent pyramid and is an abundant and early bearer.
Fruit
Form and Size: Large, roundish ovate, and altogether not unlike the old Hawthornden in appearance.
Skin: Greenish, with a brownish red tinge on the side next the sun.
Eye: Closed.
Stalk: Long and slender.
Flesh and Flavor: White, very tender, juicy, and with a fine subacid flavour.
Cavity, Calyx, Basin, Core, and Seeds: Not described in source.
Season
In season from December to January.
Uses
A first-rate culinary apple.
Subtypes and Variants
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
Nursery Catalog Sources
Found in 3 catalogs (1900–1913) from England, Illinois
- Central Experimental Farm , Dominion Department of Agriculture, Agassiz, British Columbia (under test; Bulletin No. 3, Second Series) — 1900
- James Veitch & Sons , Ltd., Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, London (also Coombe Wood, Langley, and Feltham) , England — 1911
- Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913
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— Woolhope Naturalists Field Club, The Herefordshire Pomona (1885)
- WINTER HAWTHORNDEN.
[Syn : New Hawthornden.]
Efforts have been made in vain to discover the history of this apple, although it must be a recent production.
Description.—Fruit, large, roundish ovate, and altogether not unlike the old Hawthornden in appearance. Skin, greenish, with a brownish red tinge on the side next the sun. Eye, closed. Stalk, long and slender. Flesh, white, very tender, juicy, and with a fine subacid flavour.
A first-rate culinary apple ; in season from December to January.
The tree forms an excellent pyramid, and is an abundant and early bearer.