Origins -Sometimes also called Dewdney’s Seedling and Devonshire Buckland.
In 1946 it is reported that Lord Wolseley was planted in the National Fruit Trials in 1923. The apple was bred by the Sissons’s Nursery at Harewood, Christchurch in the 1880s. It was featured in a 1928 catalogue of Ivory’s Nursery at Rangiora.
Type - Heirloom cooking apple.
Season - Early - mid Season
Size & Shape - Large, round and flattish.
Colour - Smooth, clear yellow skin, and a faint brownish red flush.
Taste - Berry flavor, with a possible strawberry notes, crisp, sweet, and juicy.
Storage - Use fresh, not a good keeper.
Pollination - Benefits from being pollinated by another variety of apple such as Spartan, Kidd’s Orange or Granny smith.
Origins -Sometimes also called Dewdney’s Seedling and Devonshire Buckland.
In 1946 it is reported that Lord Wolseley was planted in the National Fruit Trials in 1923. The apple was bred by the Sissons’s Nursery at Harewood, Christchurch in the 1880s. It was featured in a 1928 catalogue of Ivory’s Nursery at Rangiora.
Type - Heirloom cooking apple.
Season - Early - mid Season
Size & Shape - Large, round and flattish.
Colour - Smooth, clear yellow skin, and a faint brownish red flush.
Taste - Berry flavor, with a possible strawberry notes, crisp, sweet, and juicy.
Storage - Use fresh, not a good keeper.
Pollination - Benefits from being pollinated by another variety of apple such as Spartan, Kidd’s Orange or Granny smith.