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Howgate Wonder

Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Raised in 1915-16 by G. Wratton at Howgate Lane, Bembridge, Isle of Wight. It was introduced in 1932 by Stuart Low Co. Received an Award of merit from the RHS in 1929. Fruits have firm, fine-textured, juicy flesh which is quite sweet when ripe with a faint aromatic flavour. Cooks well.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Early October
Flowering
8th May (10%) · 12th May (full) · 20th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Size
large
Type
Culinary
Shape
Truncate conical
Width
95.00 mm
Crunch
crisp
Height
79.00 mm
Ribbing
weak-medium
Over colour
Red
Flesh colour
Cream
Ground colour
Yellow
Over colour pattern
streaked

Source · National Fruit Collection

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