Duke of Devonshire

Measured Phenotype

Fruit height

50.0 mm

source: NFC

Fruit width

60.0 mm

source: NFC

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

Duke of Devonshire is a small to medium dessert apple raised at Holker Hall, Lancashire in 1835. The fruit is dull golden-yellow almost covered with russet, with firm pale greenish-yellow flesh and good flavour, though rather dry. It matures February to March and is noted for remarkable variegation of fruit, leaves, and wood; it makes a fine standard tree and is indispensable for late-season use.

Flavor & Texture

Best Uses

Origin & History

Status

heritage

Origin type

deliberate cross

Original breeder

Mr. Wilson, gardener to the Duke of Devonshire

First introduced

1875

References

UK National Fruit Collection

1700

Wikidata

Q41776551