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Newton Wonder
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by Taylor at King's Newton, Melbourne, Derbyshire, England. Introduced in about 1887 when it also received a First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society. Fruits have rather coarse-textured, moderately juicy flesh with a subacid flavour. Cooks very well.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in Tidnor Wood National Collection® of Malus (Cider making)
- Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Croft Pendarren)
- Parentage:
- Dumelow's Seedling x Blenheim Orange
- Father to:
- Howgate Wonder
- Sports:
- Crimson Newton
- Marston Scarlet Wonder
- Red Newton Wonder
Accession No.
1973 - 140
- Accession name
- Newton Wonder
- Flowering time ›››
- 9th May10% flowering
14th MayFull (80%) flowering
20th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid October 1
- Size
- large-very large 1
- Shape
- Broad globose conical 1
- Crown
- medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Red 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/solid flush 1
- Crunch
- crisp 1
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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