Improved Ashmead's Kernel (of Bunyard)

Apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

First recorded in 1883. It was awarded the Award of Merit by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1892. Fruits have firm, pale yellow flesh with a pleasant subacid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1939 - 028   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Improved Ashmead's Kernel (of Bunyard)

Flowering time
5th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
mid october 1


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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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