Howgate Wonder apple

Malus domestica

Very large cooker, not great flavour when cooked but excellent sharp juice

Howgate Wonder apple photo tape

Parentage: Blenheim Orange x Newton Wonder
Origin: England
Introduced: 1915
Season: Nov-Mar
Apple cultivar ID: 102900


A very large apple that can be quite sweet and pleasant when eaten fresh but basically it is a cooking apple.

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04 Aug 2008 16:58   Ed from London, UK
I agree - why cook it! It's a great eating apple!Reply to this comment
29 Jul 2008 11:19   Jim Prentice from Lancashire, UK
Many years ago I purchased a Howgate Wonder on the advice of a nursery man but soon found that the apples remained hard even when cooked for a considerable period of time. It was replaced with a Bramley Seedling that in my opinion is a much better cooking apple.Reply to this comment
19 Feb 2008 19:15   Rachel from Oxfordshire, UK
Quite agree with Clarissa - very nice raw!Reply to this comment
10 Dec 2007 04:43   vernon kerns from West Virginia, USA
Is it possible to import apple scion wood from England? Vernon KernsReply to this comment
14 Oct 2007 22:40   Clarissa from Lincolnshire, UK
Why spoil this delicious apple by cooking it? It is one of the best flavoured eating apples around, and a very good keeper as well. This year the skins are a bit scabby, but still taste lovely.Reply to this comment

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