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Devonshire Quarrenden
type: Culinary, Cider, Dessert, Sauce
synonyms: Annat Scarlet (please see Annat Scarlet ), Devon Quarrenden, Devonshire Red Quarrenden, Devonshire Quarenden, Devonshire Quarrender, Devonshire Quarrington, Quarrenden, Quarrington, Red Quarrenden, Sack Apple, Scarlet Pippin (this name is also used for the Scarlet Pippin ). It was sold in markets as Quarentine apples. An Irish apple, the Blood of the Boyne is strikingly similar to the Devonshire Quarrenden and is widely considered to be the same varietal.
summary: Originally grown in northwestern France, it crossed the channel sometime in the mid 1600s. An early ripening, fresh-eating apple that also makes a wonderfully aromatic sweet-tart apple sauce and is a popular cider apple. It has been widely distributed through most of the apple-growing world and continues to be popular.
identification: Small to medium size, round to round-flattened. The skin is smooth and glossy. The base colour of pale green shows through on the shaded face, the rest of the apple is covered in a deep purple flush. Sometimes lightly striped. The base colour also shows through where the apple has been shaded by a branch or leaf. The stem is medium and set deep in a deep, funnel-shaped cavity. The calyx is large, partly open and set in a shallow and somewhat wide basin. The skin develops a greasy feel when ripe and in storage.
characteristics: The flesh is white with a noticeable red stain close to the skin, crisp and juicy. Good sweet-tart balance with distinct strawberry and loganberry flavours.
origins: Though it is generally considered a Devonshire (U.K.) apple, it actually originated in the apple-growing region of Carentan in Normandy (France) sometime around the 1660s and its name is an anglization of Carentan. John Worlidge recorded the Quarrenden as being grown in Devon in 1676 in his "Vinetum Britannicum."
cultivation: A moderately to weakly vigorous, upright spreading tree that grows quite large unless grown on dwarfing root stock. Bears fruit on spurs. Tends to produce best crops every other year, but this can be managed by thinning the fruit a month after petal fall. Well suited to espalier training. Tolerates rainy and blustery climate.
progeny: Ben’s Red , Newport Cross , Thoday's Quarrenden , Tydeman's Harvest , Rosanne , Worcester Pearmain
cold storage: Does not store well.
vulnerabilities: Susceptible to scab.
harvest: Ready for harvest in the latter half of the third period.
notes: Once considered to be an Irish cultivar by the name of Blood of the Boyne which is identical to the Devonshire Quarrenden and is generally considered to be the same apple.
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 8
ploidism: Diploid. Partially self-fertile, but produces the best harvest when grown in proximity to a source of compatible pollen.
cold storage weeks: 4
harvest period: 3
flowers: White
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