Apple
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 name Improved Ashmead's Kernel (of Bunyard)
Flowering time 5th May 10% flowering 11th May Full (80%) flowering18th 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale. 2.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