Ashmeads Kernel is an extremely old English apple variety, introduced around the year 1700 in Gloucester. An appealing apple, it is recognisable by its pale green aromatic fruit with a strong, sweet-sharp, intense, acid drop flavour. It has firm white flesh. Spring sees the production of beautiful flowers.
Month of Picking: OctoberType of Apple: Eating
Self-fertile/Not self-fertile: This apple is not self-fertile and requires another apple to act as a pollination partner.
This apple is in flowering period is C4.
How to choose a suitable pollination partner:
To make it easy to match this apple with a suitable pollination partner we have used a series of codes, which are C1, C2, C3, C4 and C5 and relate to flowering periods. Every apple variety we sell will have one of these codes.
The code we have given this apple tree means that you need to find another apple with the same code or one less or one more, so for example, if the apple is code C5, then another apple variety with code C4 as there is no code higher than C5 and they would be suitable to act as a reliable pollination partner.
This variety of apple tree is supplied in a 12 litre container, which means that the tree can be planted any time of the year and with better results than either bare-root or rootballed trees.
Choosing the type of tree and rootstock:
Dwarf Rootstock M27 (Patio Type Bush), supplied at a height of 1.0 metres and the tree will reach an approximate height of 1.8 metres
Dwarf Rootstock M9 (Cordon Type), supplied at a height of between 1.25 and 1.50 metres and the tree will reach an approximate height of 2.6 metres
Semi-Dwarf Rootstock M26 (Bush), supplied at a height of between 1.25 metres and 1.50 metres and the tree will reach an approximate height of 3.0 metres
Semi-Vigorous Rootstock MM106 (Bush), supplied at a height of between 1.25 and 1.50 metres and the tree will reach an approximate height of 3.6 metres
Maiden 3 litre M9 (will need tree stake) 1-2 year old, grows to around 2.5 metres. Ideal for small gardens.
