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Howgate Wonder apple (English)

Howgate Wonder apple

Description: A very large, relatively sweet cooking apple with creamy white, firm, aromatic flesh. It was raised on the Isle of Wight by Mr G Wratten of Howgate Lane in Bembridge between 1915-1916 as a cross between Blenheim Orange and Newton Wonder and introduced commercially in 1932. It received the Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit in 1929. It is a pale green to yellow apple flushed blushed and striped with brownish-red which just about keeps its shape when cooked. This late-season variety is harvested from early to mid-October in South-East England and is at its best from November to March but can become greasy.


Howgate Wonder apple
Howgate Wonder apples, with very many thanks to John Wallis at the unique and beautiful orchard on the Heath at Bluntisham in Cambridge

Pronounced: HOW-gayt WUN-duh
Language: English
Ethnicity: English
Most frequent country: England
Most frequent region: Isle of Wight

See foods and dishes: Blenheim Orange, Newton Wonder


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