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Newton Wonder
type: Culinary, Dessert, Juice, Pie, Sauce
synonyms: Newton, New Wonder, sometimes spelled Newtown, but this refers to apples that originated in the area of Newtown, New York (U.S.A.) during the 1700s and also later whereas the Newton apples originated in Britain.
summary: Generally considered a cooking apple but also eaten fresh as well as in salads. Cooks well for a yellowish sauce and retains its shape. Traditionally it was a coveted ingredient for Christmas mincemeat. Also good for juicing. It becomes a tart, but tasty eating apple after a few months in storage.
identification: Large, round and sometimes round-flattened. The base colour is greenish yellow, blushed orange to deep red on the sun-exposed face. Russet lenticels are scattered haphazardly across the faces, intermingled with light-coloured dots. The calyx is small and partly open, set in a medium deep and wide basin. The stem is short to medium long and medium thick, set in a medium deep and funnel-shaped basin which is sometimes russetted.
characteristics: Flesh is creamy yellow in colour, firm and coarse-grained. Juicy and tart.
origins: The Newton Wonder is derived from a chance seedling found growing in the roof gutter of the Hardinge Arm Inn at Kings Newton, Melbourne, Derbyshire (U.K.)in the early 1870s. The innkeeper at the time, Samuel Taylor, transplanted it to his garden where it grew until the mid-1940s. Though there's no certainty, it's believed to be a cross of Dumelow's Seedling with Blenheim Orange . It was commercially introduced by Pearson & Co. of Nottingham in 1887 and also received the Royal Horticultural Society's Class Certificate that same year.
cultivation: Vigorous, spreading tip-bearer. Crops heavy but tends to be biennial. Grows best in a temperate, marine climate.
progeny: Howgate Wonder
cold storage: Keeps quite well for up to five months.
vulnerabilities: Susceptible to mildew and scab, but canker resistant. Be careful with those sprays since the tree does not tolerate sulfur. Bitter pit can be a problem.
harvest: By the middle of the fifth period.
notes: Continues to be a favoured British culinary apple.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 14
ploidism: Partially self fertile, but produces the best crops when grown in proximity to a compatible source of pollen.
cold storage weeks: 20
harvest period: 5
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