Howgate Wonder apple trees
Malus domestica - Picking season: Late
- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
- Awards: RHS AGM (current) 2014
Howgate Wonder is a large cooking apple which keeps well. Produces an excellent sharp juice.
Howgate Wonder apple trees for sale
Pot-grown
All pot-grown trees are suitable for planting out in the garden, some are suitable for growing in containers.
PG12-year bush-trained 12L pot-grown tree M26 rootstock £55.00< 5 in stock
Medium tree
(2m-3m after 10 years)
PG22-year bush-trained 12L pot-grown tree MM106 rootstock £55.00< 5 in stock
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
Bare-root
BR11-year bare-root tree M26 rootstock £34.95
Medium tree
(2m-3m after 10 years)
BR22-year bush-trained bare-root tree M26 rootstock £43.00
Medium tree
(2m-3m after 10 years)
BR31-year bare-root tree MM106 rootstock £34.95
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
BR42-year bush-trained bare-root tree MM106 rootstock £43.00< 5 in stock
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
BR52-year bare-root tree MM106 rootstock £43.00
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
BR61-year bare-root tree M25 rootstock £35.75< 5 in stock
Very large tree
(4m-7m after 10 years)
BR72-year (1.75m) bare-root tree M25 rootstock £46.95
Very large tree
(4m-7m after 10 years)
Next deliveries
Order now for delivery from week commencing 11th December onwards where these items are showing as in stock.
Delivery charges
Delivery for a single tree starts at £9.95. It is calculated when you add trees to your basket, based on your postcode.
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. It is easy to grow, and produces good crops of large sharp-flavoured cooking apples. It's a great alternative to Bramley.
The flavour has plenty of tangy acidity, but it is not quite as sharp as a Bramley. When cooked it produces an attractive lumpy puree, and it can also be used for juicing. If you like an acidic apple Howgate Wonder can also be eaten fresh.
Howgate Wonder apples can be stored in a cold shed and will keep until the following spring.
How to grow
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. The apples ripen quite late, and will hang on the tree into late autumn if you don't pick them.
Unlike a Bramley, Howgate Wonder produces viable pollen which will cross-pollinate other nearby apple trees flowering at the same time. It is also partially self-fertile, and in most areas will produce a reasonable crop of apples even if there are no other apple trees nearby.
Advice on fruit tree pollination.
History
Howgate Wonder is a cross between two traditional English cookers, Blenheim Orange and Newton Wonder - both large apples in their own right.
Howgate Wonder characteristics
- Gardening skillAverage
- Self-fertilityPartially self-fertile
- Flowering group3
- Fruit bearingSpur-bearer
- Climate suitabilityTemperate climates
- WildlifeRHS Plants for Pollinators
- Picking seasonLate
- CroppingHeavy
- Keeping (of fruit)3 months or more
- Food usesCulinaryJuiceTraditional cooker
- Flavour style (apples)Sharper
- Cooking resultTextured puree
- Country of originUnited Kingdom
- Period of origin1900 - 1949
- AwardsRHS AGM (current)
