Howgate Wonder

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Culinary

Introduced

1960

Origin

Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom

Measured Phenotype

Brix: 12.7 °Bx
Fruit height: 79.0 mm
Fruit width: 95.0 mm

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Howgate Wonder is a cooking apple developed on the Isle of Wight in 1960 from a cross of Annie Elizabeth and Peasgood Nonsuch. It produces abundant juice and features firm, creamy-white flesh, with harvesting in early October for storage through March.

Flavor & Texture

firmcreamy

Best Uses

cooking

Lineage

Parents

Annie Elizabeth Blenheim Orange Peasgood's Nonsuch Newton Wonder

Origin & History

Origin type: deliberate cross

References

USDA-NPGS: PI 589668
UK National Fruit Collection: 2839
Wikidata: Q41778125