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Howgate Wonder apple trees

Pick: Late-season Flowering group: 3 Uses: Cookery | Juicing Disease-resistance: Good

Howgate Wonder is a traditional very large English cooking apple, which has been popular amongst gardeners since its introduction at the start of the 20th century.

The flavour is acidic, but not as sharp as Bramley. When cooked it produces an attractive lumpy puree, and it can also be used for juicing. True devotees (and it does attract a following) maintain it can also be eaten fresh.

Howgate Wonder apples can be stored in a cold shed and will keep until the following spring.

Order now for delivery September 2013 onwards

Howgate Wonder apple trees for sale

Mature height*	Supplied as	Price** inc. delivery	Quantity required
Pot-grown fruit trees (Delivery start September 2013)
Large (3m - 4m)	2-year bush-trained - 12L pot - MM106 rootstock	£38.00
Bare-root fruit trees (Deliveries start November 2013)
Large (3m - 4m)	1-year - Bare-root - MM106 rootstock	£29.00
Large (3m - 4m)	2-year bush-trained - Bare-root - MM106 rootstock	£32.00
Large (3m - 4m)	Half-standard - Bare-root - MM106 rootstock	£36.00
Full size (5m+)	Standard 1.75m - Bare-root - M25 rootstock	£36.00
Bare-root cordon fruit trees (Deliveries start November 2013)
Small (1.8m - 2.5m)	Cordon - Bare-root - M9 rootstock	£33.00
Trained fruit trees - pot-grown (Delivery start September 2013) Price excludes delivery and delivery restrictions may apply
Large (3m - 4m)	Fan 4-arm -12L pot - MM106 rootstock	£49.00	Sold out alert me
Large (3m - 4m)	Espalier 2-tier -12L pot - MM106 rootstock	£49.00	Sold out alert me

**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.

Stock availability: Items showing as 'sold out' will probably be available again next season. Click here to be notified when we get more trees of this variety.

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Summary features of Howgate Wonder

Growing

Gardening skill: Average(explain)
Cropping: Heavy
Fertility: Partially self-fertile(explain)
Flowering group: 3(explain)
Pollinating others: Average(explain)
Ploidy: Diploid(explain)
Vigour: Large(explain)
Bearing regularity: Regular(explain)
Fruit bearing: Spur-bearer(explain)
Fruit persistence: Normal ripening(explain)
Overall disease resistance: Good(explain)
Organic / no-spray culture(explain)
Bitter pit: Very resistant(explain)

Uses

Picking season: Late(explain)
Use / keeping: 3 months or more(explain)
Flavour quality: Average(explain)
Flavour style: Sharper
Good for cooking
Good for juice
Cooking result: Textured puree
Drying / Discoloring: Oxidising(explain)

Identification

Country of origin: United Kingdom
Period of origin: 1900 - 1949
Fruit colour: Green / Red
Leaf colour: Green
Popular variety

Climate

Temperate climates
Tolerates cold winters
UK Zone 1 - N.W. Scotland: Yes
UK Zone 2 - Northern UK: Yes

Pollination guide for Howgate Wonder

Howgate Wonder is in flowering group 3. Howgate Wonder is partially self-fertile, but fruiting will be improved if there is a compatible tree of a different variety nearby. Since it flowers in the middle of the blossom season it can be pollinated by most other apple trees.

How to grow Howgate Wonder apple trees

One of the key attributes of a good cooker is that it should produce plenty of large apples, and Howgate Wonder is a naturally vigorous variety that grows into a fairly large tree - choose a smaller rootstock if space is an issue.

Howgate Wonder is easy to grow and fairly disease resistant. It is also a tough tree and tolerates difficult or exposed situations fairly well.

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Historical details

Howgate Wonder is a cross between Blenheim Orange and Newton Wonder - both large apples in their own right.

Botanical name

Malus domestica Howgate Wonder

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Howgate Wonder apple trees

Howgate Wonder apple trees for sale

Pot-grown fruit trees (Delivery start September 2013)

Bare-root fruit trees (Deliveries start November 2013)

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

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

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Summary features of Howgate Wonder

Growing

Uses

Identification

Climate

Pollination guide for Howgate Wonder

How to grow Howgate Wonder apple trees

Varieties with similar picking times to Howgate Wonder

Historical details

Botanical name

Malus domestica Howgate Wonder

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