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Ashmead's Kernel apple trees

Pick: Late-season    Flowering group: 4       Uses: Eat fresh | Juicing    Disease-resistance: Good
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Ashmead's Kernel apple tree

Ashmeads Kernel is a very old traditional English russet apple. It remains popular for its distinctive pear-like flavour which is quite different from most other apple varieties.

Although often considered as a connoisseur's dessert apple, Ashmead's Kernel is actually quite versatile. It can be used for cooking, or sliced in savoury salads, and it keeps very well in a cold store.

Ashmead's Kernel is also becoming increasingly recognised for its juice, which adds an interesting fruity component to cider blends.

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Ashmead's Kernel apple trees for sale

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Pot-grown fruit trees (Delivery start September 2013)

Very small (1.5m - 2m)2-year bush-trained - 12L pot - M27 rootstock £38.00
Small (1.8m - 2.5m)2-year bush-trained - 12L pot - M9 rootstock £38.00
Medium (2.2m - 3m)2-year bush-trained - 12L pot - M26 rootstock £38.00
Large (3m - 4m)2-year bush-trained - 12L pot - MM106 rootstock £38.00

Bare-root fruit trees (Deliveries start November 2013)

Very small (1.5m - 2m)1-year - Bare-root - M27 rootstock £30.00
Small (1.8m - 2.5m)1-year - Bare-root - M9 rootstock £29.00
Medium (2.2m - 3m)1-year - Bare-root - M26 rootstock £29.00
Medium (2.2m - 3m)2-year - Bare-root - M26 rootstock £36.00
Large (3m - 4m)1-year - Bare-root - MM106 rootstock £29.00
Large (3m - 4m)2-year - Bare-root - MM106 rootstock £34.00
Large (3m - 4m)Half-standard - Bare-root - MM106 rootstock £37.00
Full size (5m+)1-year - Bare-root - M25 rootstock £30.00
Full size (5m+)Standard 1.75m - Bare-root - M25 rootstock £36.00

Pot-grown cordon fruit trees (Delivery start September 2013)

Small (1.8m - 2.5m)Cordon premium - 12L pot - M9 rootstock £39.00

Bare-root cordon fruit trees (Deliveries start November 2013)

Small (1.8m - 2.5m)Cordon - Bare-root - M9 rootstock £32.00

Trained fruit trees - pot-grown (Delivery start September 2013)

Price excludes delivery and delivery restrictions may apply
Large (3m - 4m)Espalier 2-tier -12L pot - MM106 rootstock £49.00 Sold out
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Large (3m - 4m)Fan 4-arm -12L pot - MM106 rootstock £49.00Enquire

**All prices include delivery (except certain fan-trained or espalier-trained or mature trees). We offer a discount on orders of multiple bare-root trees for delivery at the same time - this will be shown at the checkout.

2-year pot-grown Fan-trained and Espalier trees: Prices of these trees do NOT include delivery as they require special delivery arrangements. Delivery is not possible to all areas. Click here for details or contact us to find out more. These restrictions do not apply to our 1-year part-trained trees or cordons.

Delivery period: Pot-grown trees can be delivered from September onwards. Bare-root trees can be delivered from mid-November onwards. Within those periods you can specify your preferred month of delivery during the checkout process. It is best to order as soon as you can to ensure items are reserved for you.

*Mature heights: Height shown is the approximate height of the tree when mature (after 5-10 years), not the height when supplied. See photos of trees as supplied. Actual mature heights may vary considerably dependent on your local conditions and training and pruning regime - see our Tree Height Calculator.

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Egremont Russet apple trees

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Herefordshire Russet apple trees

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Summary features of Ashmead's Kernel

Growing

Uses

Identification

  • Country of origin: United Kingdom
  • Period of origin: 1700 - 1749
  • Fruit colour: Russet
  • Blossom colour: White
  • Leaf colour: Green
  • Popular variety

Climate



Pollination guide for Ashmead's Kernel

Ashmead's Kernel is in flowering group 4. Ashmead's Kernel is a triploid variety and cannot pollinate other varieties. It needs to be pollinated by another tree of a different variety nearby. You can either plant a self-fertile variety (which will pollinate itself and the Ashmead's Kernel) or you can plant two pollination partners which must each be of different varieties and able to cross-pollinate each other as well as the Ashmead's Kernel. If you need further advice on this just get in touch.



How to grow Ashmead's Kernel apple trees

Ashmead's Kernel is quite easy to grow, and perhaps because it is such an ancient variety, it is relatively disease resistant. It can be a light cropper and this usually caused by poor pollination at blossom time - planting another late-flowering apple tree or crab-apple tree nearby is a good idea.



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Historical details

Originated in England in the 1700s, probably in Gloucestershire.



Botanical name

Malus domestica Ashmead's Kernel



Related variety collections

English heritage apple trees, Apples trees for Cider / Juice, Russet apple trees


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