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Hounslow Wonder
type: Cooking, Sauce
identification: Large, round with angular sides. Yellow washed red and marked with broken stripes on the sun exposed face. The eye is large and open, set in a moderately deep and wide basin which is lightly ribbed and surrounded by a knobbed crown. The stem is very short and medium thick, set in a shallow and wide, russeted cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is white, fine grained and firm. Crisp, sharp.
uses: Cooking. Makes a somewhat tart, flavourful sauce.
origins: Introduced by Nurseryman ???? Spooner of Hounslow, 1910 Introduced by Spooner, nurseryman of Hounslow, Middlesex. It was recorded in 1910 when it also received an Award of Merit from the RHS. Dumelow’s Seedling ? (female) ? Unknown
cultivation: Moderately vigorous. Produces heavy crops annually.
cold storage: Keeps up to four months.
harvest: In the middle of the third period.
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 10
ploidism: Self sterile. Group C Day 10.
cold storage weeks: 16
harvest period: 3
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