Description
Raised by Charles Turner of Slough in 1912, this is one of the best early cooking apples. The fine-flavoured fruit are large, round, greenish-yellow and plentiful. The large pink blooms are exceptionally beautiful, contributing to making an attractive espalier. Growth is fairly vigorous and upright with good resistance to scab. Award of Garden Merit from the RHS in 1995.
A Buckinghamshire apple that has proved prolific and reliable in northern Britain, both east and west, needing a relatively short growing season; it is in the collection at Helmsley Walled Garden. Named as Turner's Prolific in 1912, it was raised by Charles Turner, but introduced later, in 1915, under its current name. It received an RHS Award
of Merit (AM) in 1912, and an Award of Garden Merit in 1993. Noted for its exceptionally attractive blossom, for which, honour upon honour, an AM in 1945; so makes a beautiful espalier. Largely grown as a garden apple, but its performance in the National Fruit Trials at Wisley did promote it as 'A most useful commercial variety for the commercial fruit-grower for supplying early cooking apples.' A firm baker, makes a well-flavoured golden purée or applesauce with little sugar, and a good candidate for early pies since it can be picked green for early use; it may also be left late to pick, since it hangs well on the tree. © Lin Hawthorne - 'The Northern Pomona'
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