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Howgate Wonder
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1915-16 by G. Wratton at Howgate Lane, Bembridge, Isle of Wight. It was introduced in 1932 by Stuart Low Co. Received an Award of merit from the RHS in 1929. Fruits have firm, fine-textured, juicy flesh which is quite sweet when ripe with a faint aromatic flavour. Cooks well.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Blenheim Orange x Newton Wonder
- Shape
- Truncate conical 2
- Size
- large 2
- Height
- 79.00mm 2
- Width
- 95.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Red 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- streaked 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 2
Accession No.
1962 - 016
- Accession name
- Howgate Wonder (LA 65A)
- Flowering time ›››
- 8th May10% flowering
12th MayFull (80%) flowering
20th 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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
Design: Chris Turnbull, September 2019