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Dumelow's Seedling apple trees

Pick: Late-season    Flowering group: 4       Uses: Cookery | Juicing 
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Dumelow's Seedling apple tree

One of the oldest traditional English cooking apples, Dumelow's Seedling (or Dumeller's Seedling) has a rich full acidity, and cooks down to a stiff pale puree.

This is one of our own favourite cooking apples, perfect for apple crumble.

Order now for delivery September 2013 onwards

Dumelow's Seedling apple trees for sale

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Bare-root fruit trees (Deliveries start November 2013)

Large (3m - 4m)1-year - Bare-root - MM106 rootstock £29.00

**All prices include delivery. We offer a discount on orders of multiple bare-root trees for delivery at the same time - this will be shown at the checkout.

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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Alternatives to Dumelow's Seedling apple trees

Alternative fruit trees - Lane's Prince Albert apple trees
Late-season  (4)  
Cook | Juice 

Lane's Prince Albert apple trees

A classic Victorian cooking apple. Plenty of juicy acidity and stores well.
Alternative fruit trees - Lord Derby apple trees
Late-season  (4)  
Cook | Juice 

Lord Derby apple trees

Lord Derby is a high-quality mid/late-season traditional English cooking apple, cooks to a chunky puree.
Alternative fruit trees - Newton Wonder apple trees
Late-season  (5)  
Cook 

Newton Wonder apple trees

A traditional English cooking apple, a good alternative to Bramley.
Alternative fruit trees - Bountiful apple trees
Mid-season  (2)  
Cook 

Bountiful apple trees

Bountiful is an easy-to-grow cooking apple, it retains its shape when cooked, fairly sweet for a cooker.




Summary features of Dumelow's Seedling

Growing

Uses

Identification

  • Country of origin: United Kingdom
  • Period of origin: 1800 - 1849
  • Fruit colour: Green - light
  • Leaf colour: Green
  • Popular variety

Climate

  • Frost resistance: Good resistance(explain)
  • Temperate climates


Pollination guide for Dumelow's Seedling

Dumelow's Seedling is in flowering group 4. Dumelow's Seedling is self-sterile and needs to be pollinated by another tree of a different variety nearby.



How to grow Dumelow's Seedling apple trees

Dumelow's Seedling is easy to grow and like many old cooking apple varieties it is relatively disease-resistant.



Varieties with similar picking times to Dumelow's Seedling

<== Pick slightly earlierAbout the same timePick slightly later ==>
Allington Pippin
Bardsey
Egremont Russet
Honeycrisp
Red Delicious
Santana
Sunset
Tickled Pink

Annie Elizabeth
Blenheim Orange
Bramley 20
Bramley's Seedling
Catshead
Chivers Delight
Christmas Pippin
Empire
Fameuse
Golden Delicious
Golden Noble
Golden Pippin
Golden Russet
Howgate Wonder
Jonathan
Jupiter
Karmijn de Sonnaville
King of the Pippins
Lady (Api)
Laxton's Superb
Pixie
Rajka
Rosemary Russet
Rubinette
Saturn
Scotch Bridget

Adams Pearmain
Barnack Beauty
Calville Blanc
Claygate Pearmain
Cornish Aromatic
Cornish Gilliflower
Court Pendu Plat
Edward VII
Elstar
Fiesta
Freyberg
Herefordshire Russet
Idared
Jonagold
Kidd's Orange Red
Lane's Prince Albert
Lemon Pippin
Newton Wonder
Orleans Reinette
Red Falstaff
Tydeman's Late Orange
Zabergau Reinette



Historical details

Raised by Richard Dumeller of Shakerstone, Leicestershire, in the early 1800s.

Descended from Northern Greening and in turn a parent of several well-known cooking apples - Lane's Prince Albert, Monarch, and Newton Wonder.



Botanical name

Malus domestica Dumelow's Seedling



Related variety collections

Top 10 English and Scottish cooking apples


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