Ashmead's Kernel apple trees

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• Picking season: Late October
• Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Flowering group: 4

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 organic apple trees for sale

Next deliveries: December 2025

• 11 yeartree on M9 rootstock24.25€
  Small tree (1.5m-2.5m after 10 years) Bare-root
  

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• 21 yeartree on M116 rootstock24.95€
  Medium tree (2m-3.5m after 10 years) Bare-root
  

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• 31 yeartree on MM111 rootstock24.25€
  Large tree (3m-5m after 10 years) Bare-root
  

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• 41 yeartree on Bittenfelder rootstock24.25€
  Very large tree (5m-6m+ after 10 years) Bare-root
  

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Growing and Training

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.

History

Ashmeads Kernel originated in England in the 1700s.

Ashmead's Kernel characteristics

• Attractive featuresAttractive flowers
• Gardening skillAverage
• Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
• Flowering group4
• Disease resistanceGood
• Picking seasonLate - October
• Season of use3 months or more - keeps well
• Food usesEating freshJuice
• Cold hardiness (USDA)Zone 4 (-34C)
• Summer average maximum temperaturesCool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
• Country of originUnited Kingdom
• Period of origin1700 - 1749
• Flower colourWhite
• Fruit colourRusset

Similar varieties

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  Cabarette
  A traditional very-late season dessert apple, found in northern France, Belgium and the Netherlands.
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  Cox's Orange Pippin
  Cox is widely acknowledged as having the best flavour of any apple variety.
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  GoldRush
  A modern disease-resistant apple, like Golden Delicious but with a better tart/sweet balance. Good for eating fresh and juicing / cider.