Description
Can be used unblended for a cider that has a knife like acidty and a high alcohol content. This late season, cider Apple is also good for fresh eating, juice & cooking. The fruit is considered one of the best flavored apples there is, pairing intense, honeyed sweetness with racy & gum-searing acidity. Tree is moderately vigorous. Good keeper. It was introduced in 1700s. This variety is a triplod and therefore pollen sterile.
Apple species description: USDA Hardiness Zones: 3-8. Apples do great in the Pacific Northwest.
| SKU: | A19 |
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| Variety: | Ashmead’s Kernel |
| Common Name: | Apple |
| Latin Name: | Malus domestica |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Characteristics: | cider, fresh, juice, cooking |
| Storage: | good |
| Origin: | 1700s |
| Lifecycle: | Perennial |
| Leaf Drop: | Deciduous |
| Forest Layer: | Understory Tree |
| Food Type: | Fruit Tree |
| Width: | 15ft |
| Vigor: | moderate |
| Hardiness (species): | 3-8 |
| Soil Type: | Sand, Loam, Clay, Heavy Clay |
| Fruit: | considered one of the best flavored apples there is, pairing intense, honeyed sweetness with racy, gum-searing acidity |
| Season (Ripening): | late |
| Sources: | pfaf.org wikipedia.org |
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