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Hollandbury
type: Cooking, Culinary, Cider, Sauce
synonyms: Bland’s Summer Pippin, Bon Rouge, Bonne Rouge, Hallingsbury, Hanbury, Hauberry, Hawberry, Hawberry Pippin, Hollandbury Pippin, Hollingbury, Horsley Pippin, Howberry Pippin, Howbury Pippin, Imperial Levesey’s, Kirk’s Admirable, Kirk’s Scarlet Admirable, Kirke’s Admirable, Livesey’s Imperial (this is also listed as a synonym for Lord Suffield ), Red Flanders, Scarlet Admirable. Also grown in France where it goes by the name Bonne Rouge.
identification: Very large to large, round to round conic. Prominent ribs can be irregular along the side. The base colour is greenish yellow, often green on the shaded face. The sun-exposed face is blushed bright red, sometimes over more than half the apple. The calyx is large, partly open and set in a medium deep, narrow, ribbed basin. The stem is short, slender and set in a deep, funnel-shaped cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is greenish-white, tender and juicy. Brisk.
uses: Cooking apple. Makes a sprightly sauce. Also used for making cider for its sharpness.
origins: Originated in southern England, possibly sometime during the 1700s. It is first listed by William Forsyth in 1803 in his "A Treatise on the Culture and Management of Fruit Trees" under the name Kirk’s Scarlet Admirable. Charles MacIntosh states in his 1839 edition of "The Orchard: Including the Management of Wall and Standard Fruit Trees" that it was "First brought to notice by Joseph Kirk of Brompton." Robert Hogg, author of "The Fruit Manual: A Guide to the Fruits and Fruit Trees of Great Britain" (Fifth Edition, 1884) states that "I have not been able to trace the history of this handsome apple beyond the close of the last century... The first record of it I find is in the Forsyth (manuscript) where, under the name of Kirk's Scarlet Admirable, he seems to have received it in 1799 and again in 1801, from Ronalds, of Brentford, as Hallingbury, but in his "Treatise on Fruit Trees" it is called Hollingbury." Unfortunately, nobody thought to record its parentage.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous. Branching growth makes it a good choice for espalier training.
cold storage: Keeps up to three months.
harvest: In the middle of the fourth period.
juice_classification: Sharp
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 10
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 12
harvest period: 4
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