Origin

Ashmead's Kernel is often reported as having been raised by Dr Ashmead in Gloucester

Gloucester

Gloucester is a city, district and county town of Gloucestershire in the South West region of England. Gloucester lies close to the Welsh border, and on the River Severn, approximately north-east of Bristol, and south-southwest of Birmingham....

, England in the 18th century. However Christine Leighton of the Gloucestershire Orchard Group suggests he may have been William Ashmead. a lawyer who died in 1782.

Description

This dessert apple is of medium size, between 65:70mm diameter and has a flat round shape. The base colour of the apple is greenish yellow, yet has a dull russet colour all over; sometimes there are brownish red stripes.
Ashmead's Kernel makes a good apple juice because of its sweet sharp flavour.

Culture

Produces an upright spreading tree, that generally crops well, though on exposed sites it can be irregular.
It is a cultivar that is susceptible to bitter pit

Bitter pit

Bitter pit is a physiological disorder believed to be induced by calcium deficiency in apple fruits.The incidence of bitter pit usually occurs during storage, but in some cases it can also develop at harvest. This disorder has been studied for more than a hundred years and many approaches have...

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The fruit is generally picked in October for use between December and February.