Our Variety Assessment

Its strengths, growing requirements and the conditions in which it performs best.

Ashmead’s Kernel is one of the finest old English apples for flavour. Its firm, juicy flesh has an intense sweet-sharp, almost pear-drop character that mellows during storage. It is also excellent for juice, cooking and cider. Cropping can be irregular, and as a triploid variety it should be grown with two other compatible apples to ensure orchard pollination.

Ashmead Kernel

Price range: 26,50 € through 59,75 €

Ashmead’s Kernel is a traditional English eating apple with a distinctive pear-like flavour.

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1 year old grafted tree – approx. 1–2 m

Half-standard – 1 to 1.5 m stem

Low-stem tree – approx. 60 cm stem

Standard tree – 1.8 m stem and over

Apple rootstock options

Bittenfelder – approx. 6 m mature height

EM9 – approx. 2.5 m mature height

M116 – approx. 4 m mature height

MM111 – approx. 4 m mature height

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SKU: 4304 Categories: Apple trees, Eating apple trees

Description

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.

As well as eating fresh it can also be used for cooking, or sliced in savoury salads, and it keeps very well in a cold store.

Ashmead’s Kernel is also prized for its juice, which adds an interesting fruity component to cider blends.

Ashmead’s Kernel data sourced from Orange Pippin .