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Dunn's Seedling
type: Cooking, Culinary, Cider, Sauce
synonyms: Chenimuri, Dunn's, Garibaldia, Dunn's Favourite, Monroe's Favourite, Munroe s Favourite, Monroe's Seedling, Ohenimuri
summary: This mid-season, Australian heritage apple is used mostly for pies and apple sauce and is becoming popular among cider makers.
identification: Medium to large size, round and flattened at the stem end, somewhat conic to the calyx basin and often lop-sided. The base colour is yellow, over which is a pink, often reddish-orange blush on the sun-exposed face and marked with small, light-coloured lenticels. The stem is slender to medium stout and very short, rarely extending out of the cavity. The calyx is medium large to large and partly open, set in a very shallow, puckered basin.
characteristics: The flesh is white, crisp and firm. Somewhat dry, moderately sweet and lightly aromatic.
uses: Cooking
origins: Grown from seed by William Dunn, a British market gardener working at Anstey's Hill Estate in Highercombe, South Australia, during the first half of the 1800s. The apple was first shown at the 1846 Adelaide Agricultural and Horticultural Show where it won first prize for the best new apple presented. Following that recognition, Dunn purchased and established an orchard of Dunn's Seedling apples on 30 acres of land near Houghton, South Australia. There appears to be no record of the apple's parentage.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous. Produces heavy crops but tends to be biennial. Needs to be grown in a warm climate to reach full flavour and sweetness potential.
progeny: Ballarat Seedling
cold storage: Keeps up to three months in storage.
harvest: Ready for harvest in the middle of the late period.
notes: A wax model of Dunn's Seedling apple was one of many made at and donated to the Wax Fruit Collection of the Museum of Victoria (Australia) by Joy Dickins in 1949.
pollination group: B
pollination peak: 6
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 12
harvest period: 5
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