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Dr. Harvey
type: Culinary, Cider, Dessert, Sauce
synonyms: Doctor Harvey, Doctor Harvey's Apple, Dr. Harvey's apple, Golden Warrior, Harvey Apple, The Doctor. The name is often shortened to Harvey, but this can refer to Harvey as well as Golden Harvey .
identification: Large, round conic with slightly angular sides. The base colour is green maturing to yellow, marked with whitish lenticels. Sometimes faintly blushed on the sun exposed face. Russet markings. The calyx is small, closed and set in a shallow and narrow basin which is usually puckered. The stem is medium long and somewhat slender.
characteristics: The flesh is white, coarse-grained, firm and crisp. Dry, sweet-tart and flavourful, fragrant.
uses: Most commonly considered a cooking apple, though it is also eaten as a dessert apple, as well as making a very sweet baked apple.
origins: Originated in the East Anglia region of England (U.K.) and first documented in 1629 by John Parkinson. Named for Dr. Gabriel Harvey (Master of Trinity Hall of Cambridge University, lived 1545 to 1630). Commercially grown for the markets in London and Norwich through the 1800s and a quite widely popular garden variety. Parentage is not known.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, upright-spreading spur bearer
cold storage: Keeps up to three months.
vulnerabilities: Resistant to mildew.
harvest: Ready for harvest late in the fourth period.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 14
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 12
harvest period: 4
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