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Hambling's Seedling
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by Major W.J. Hambling, Dunstable, Bedfordshire and introduced in 1894 by Bunyard, Maidstone. It received a First Class Certificate from the RHS in 1893. Fruits have a subacid flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project
- Shape
- Conical 2
- Size
- large 2
- Height
- 70.00mm 2
- Width
- 83.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- very weak 2
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Red 2
- Over Colour (Amount)
- very low 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 2
Accession No.
2000 - 042
- Accession name
- Hambling's Seedling
- Flowering time ›››
- 7th May10% flowering
12th MayFull (80%) flowering
21st May90% 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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
Design: Chris Turnbull, September 2019