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Dumelow's Seedling
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by Mr Dumelow (or Dumeller) at Shakerstone, Leicestershire. The original tree was growing in 1800. It was exhibited as Dumelow's Crab in 1818, and renamed Wellington in 1819 or 1820. Fruits have very firm, crisp, juicy flesh which is extremely acid. Cooks well.
- Synonyms:
- Beauty, Belle de Vennes, Belle des Vennes, de Sutton, Doncklaer, Doncklaer Seedling, Doncklaer's Seedling, Donclaer, Donclaer's Seedling, Duc de Wellington, Duke of Wellington, Dumeller's Crab, Dumelon's Seedling, Dumelow, Dumelow Seedling, Dumelow's Crab, Dumelow's Pippin, Dumelow's Wildling, Dumelows Crab, Dummelow's Seedling, Duncklaer's Seedling, Dunclaers Seedling, Durmmelous Seedling, Fair Maid of Taunton, Hawthornden d'Hiver, Hawthornden Winter, Lord Duncan, Lord Hampton's Wonder, Normanton Wonder, Pomme de Sutton, Reinette Wellington, Souring, Souring Apple, Supson FrangT, Supson FrangTe, Sutton Beauty, Wellington, Wellington Apple, Wellington Pippin, Wellington Reinette, Wellington's, Wellington's Apple, Wellington's Reinette, Wellingtons Reinette, Winter Hawthornden, Wunder von Normanton
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Northern Greening x Unknown
- Mother to:
- Hounslow Wonder
- Cottenham Seedling
- Baron Ward
- Newton Wonder
- Father to:
- Belvoir Seedling
- Monarch
- Lane's Prince Albert
- Shape
- Flat globose 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 53.50mm 2
- Width
- 67.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- absent 2
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Red 2
- Over Colour (Amount)
- low 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- mottled 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Greasiness
- Medium 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
- Flesh Colour
- White 2
Accession No.
2000 - 033
- Accession name
- Dumelow's Seedling
- Flowering time ›››
- 9th May10% flowering
15th MayFull (80%) flowering 23rd May90% petal fall
- Picking time
- Early October 1


- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
- 2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register
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