Apple - Howgate Wonder

£22.00 - £63.50
Type: 
Culinary
Ready to pick: 
November
Use fruit: 
December - January
Pollination: 
Group D (partially self-fertile)
Botanic Name: 
Malus domestica 'Howgate Wonder'
Originated: 
Isle of Wight,UK (1915)

Description

One of the largest cooking apples in cultivation, and one time holding the Guinness Book of Records (1997) for the weight of a single apple, this is a real beauty. Raised on the Isle of Wight in 1915 by G. Wratten at Howgate Lane, Bembridge, this is a cross between Newton Wonder and Blenheim Orange. A flattish apple, pale yellow-green with conspicuous red and orange striping, the flesh is firm, juicy and quite sweet when ripe and cooks well. This is a heavy and reliable cropper.

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