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Ashmead’s Kernel Apple Tree
$18.95
Ashmead’s Kernel apple tree is a small to medium sized apple with yellow and gold colored fruit, and white/pale yellow flesh. It’s great for eating fresh, making juice, hard cider, drying, and making sauce. It has a sweet juicy taste, but is crisp once ripe.
General Tree Height/Caliper: Most of our fruit trees (apple, peach, apricot, plum, pear, nectarine, quince, and cherry) are grafted/budded and are 4-6' tall with a caliper/diameter of about 1/4-3/4". Most have more than 5' height and 1/2" diameter. The other trees are seedlings, such as pawpaw, mulberry, persimmon, shade, berry, and flowering trees which range from 18-36" tall.
A rootstock primarily controls a tree's size and how early it bears fruit. Learn more about our specific rootstocks.
Ashmead’s Kernel Apple Tree Overview
The Ashmead’s Kernel apple tree has an origin story dating back to 1720 when William Ashmead planted seed in gardens at the Ashmeade House in Gloucester, United Kingdom. Although it was made available by Brompton Park Nursery in the late 1700s, Ashmead’s Kernel apple trees didn’t become popular until three centuries later. It is not a mainstream apple variety yet, but today it’s a favorite among many apple growers all around the world.
While Ashmead’s Kernel is diploid, researchers found this apple tree variety to also be triploid. This means it does not provide viable pollen to itself or other apple trees. It may still be a good idea to have other pollinating varieties to complement Ashmead’s Kernel, such as Honeycrisp or Golden Delicious.
Ashmead’s Kernel apples are very juicy early on, but once the apple ages it becomes more crisp and firm. It has a very balanced flavor between sweet and acidic. Most people find the taste reminds them of pear drops.
Growing Ashmead’s Kernel apple trees may take some effort and care. The experience is rewarding as it can yield sufficient crop of apples and has a benefit of having beautiful blossoms!
Tree Characteristics
- Uses: eating fresh, making juice, hard cider, drying, making sauce. Great source of tartness and sugars for various cider blends.
- Taste: sweet, crisp, juicy, sharp, aromatic
- Size: small to medium sized
- Color: yellow and gold colored fruit, white/pale yellow flesh
- Hardiness Zones: 3-8
- Disease resistance:
- Scab – somewhat resistant
- Mildew – resistant
- Blight – somewhat resistant
- Rust – resistant
- Harvest period: 4, late season (mid-September to early-October)
- Flowering period: late season
- Flowering Group: 4
- Cross pollinates with: Honeycrisp, Kingston Black, Rubinette, and Golden Delicious to name a few!
- Cultivation: This apple tree is vigorous. Bears fruit every year, but needs to be thinned. Fruit on spurs. Especially good in somewhat damp soil.
- Storage: Can keep up to four months, though best after one month.
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Shipping
- Our shipping cost is 15-25% of the order total (depending on the size of the trees and how far the state is from NY) plus our handling fee which includes light pruning, packaging, printing, and quality checks.
- To get an estimate for shipping cost, put your address on the cart page with your desired trees.
- Note: we ship to Hawaii and Alaska however the shipping price is higher.
Warranty
- If your tree doesn’t grow by July 1st or dies in the fall of the first year, please email us with a photo, order number, and description of the issue.
- If the issue is related with the tree itself rather than lack of care, we guarantee to replace it next season or give a full refund.
Refunds and Cancellations
- You can cancel your order to receive a full refund, but please note that cancelling an order after April 1st will result in a partial refund of 75% of the order total.
- We much prefer payments by credit card or PayPal. If you pay by check or cash, then payments for pickup and shipping orders should be received within 30 days of your order, otherwise will be automatically cancelled.
- If due to unforeseen circumstances your ordered tree is no longer available, you can get a full refund or a substitution with another variety.
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