HOWGATE WONDER APPLE

Howgate Wonder is a Guinness Book record holder for the largest apple grown, one apple often all that’s needed for an apple pie. Howgate Wonder was raised by a retired policeman turned gardener, a Mr G Wratton of Bembridge Isle of Wight in 1915 and named after the Howgate Lane he lived in. It was a cross between Blenheim Orange and Newton Wonder, another apple of extra large size receiving the RHS Award of Merit in 1929. Howgate Wonder produces an extraordinary large, late culinary apple. Yellowish-green fruit flushed with thin orange-brown markings. Firm, fine-textured flesh with good flavour. A heavy regular cropper and keeps well.

Our Apple Howgate Wonder bare rooted trees are lifted at the start of the bare root season in November, when the apple trees become dormant, and made available through to March the following year. This period is the ideal time for economical planting. You will however have to wait a year to pick your crop as bare root trees cannot be picked in their first year. For all year round planting why not choose from our selection of container grown apple trees. They do cost more but are older, more established and ready to crop.