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Ashmead's KernelA late dessert apple. |
| First Reported | c1700 |
| Location | Gloucestershire |
| Use | Dessert |
| Appearance | Russetted |
| Crops | November |
| Use by | Dec to Feb |
Ashmead's Kernel was raised in the Gloucestershire garden of Dr. Ashmead in about 1700. It is considered to be a fine, high-quality, late dessert variety which has a sweet, aromatic flavour with a hint of acidity.
Its very dry skin is yellowish-green and is sometimes flushed in varying amounts, with ochre-orange or orange-red. It can be almost fully covered with fine, quite scaly cinnamon/brown or grey/brown russet. This finely-textured, yellowy-white, tinged with green, fleshed apple is crisp, juicy and refreshing. It is picked in mid-October and its season of use is December to February.
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