Doctor Hogg

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Culinary

Introduced

1880

Origin

Leonardslee, Horsham, United Kingdom

Measured Phenotype

Fruit height: 74.0 mm
Fruit width: 83.0 mm

Each value is the highest-precedence :Assertion attached to this cultivar; full provenance (year, evidence type, confidence) is preserved in the graph.

A fair-sized, conical culinary apple with yellow skin and pale flush, raised as a seedling from Calville Blanche by Mr. Ford at Leonardslee and introduced by W. Paul & Son around 1880. The flesh is tender, white, and sweet, with moderate growth and good fertility. Now obsolete, having been superseded by other varieties.

Flavor & Texture

sweettenderjuicy

Best Uses

cookingfresh_eating

Lineage

Parents

Calville Blanc

Origin & History

Status: extinct
Origin type: open pollinated seedling
Original breeder: Mr. Ford
First introduced: 1880 · W. Paul & Son

tendersweet

References

UK National Fruit Collection: 1596
Wikidata: Q41776466