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Hambling's Seedling

Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Raised by Major W.J. Hambling, Dunstable, Bedfordshire and introduced in 1894 by Bunyard, Maidstone. It received a First Class Certificate from the RHS in 1893. Fruits have a subacid flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Mid October
Flowering
7th May (10%) · 12th May (full) · 21st May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Size
large
Type
Culinary
Shape
Conical
Width
83.00 mm
Height
70.00 mm
Russet
very low
Ribbing
very weak
Over colour
Red
Flesh colour
Yellowish
Ground colour
Whitish yellow
Over colour amount
very low

Source · National Fruit Collection

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