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Hambling's Seedling
type: Cooking, Culinary, Sauce
synonyms: Ambling's Seedling
summary: A large, culinary apple originating in Kent and continues to be available in some British nurseries.
identification: Large, round to round-conic. Base colour is pale yellow, sometimes washed pale red on the sun-exposed face. Abundant, large, dark lenticels. The calyx is somewhat small, partly open and set in a shallow, small, puckered basin. The stem is very short, stout and set in a shallow, narrow cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish. Very sharp.
uses: Produces a sweet, honey-coloured sauce, sweet and flavourful. The acidity of the apple almost completely disappears in the process but the fruit maintains its shape in spite of the cooking.
origins: Originated by Major William J. Hambling in Dunstable, Bedfordshire (U.K.) in 1893 NFC Dunstable, Bedfordshire and introduced in 1894 by Bunyard Nursery of Maidstone in 1894. Possibly a chance seedling cultivated by the finder.
A large yellow skinned apple with an occasional orange flush. Coarse, firm acidic flesh.
cultivation: Vigorous. Upright, spreading spur bearer.
cold storage: Keeps up to three months in cold storage.
harvest: Ready for harvest in the middle of the fourth period.
notes: Cuttings and maidens continue to be available from British nurseries catering to hobby orchardists.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 12
ploidism: Triploid. Produces no valid pollen and needs to have a suitable pollen provider nearby.
cold storage weeks: 12
harvest period: 5
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