Newton Wonder

• Picking season: Late
• Country of origin: United Kingdom
• Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
• Flowering group: 4
• List of other varieties that will pollinate Newton Wonder

Newton Wonder is a high quality late-season English cooking apple from the Victoria era, producing large handsome apples.

It inherits its excellent tangy flavor from one of its probable parents, Dumelow's Seedling. It cooks to a light puree, and makes an interesting alternative to the more well-known Bramley.

Newton Wonder apple trees for sale

• 11-year maiden bare-root tree 33.45€
  M26 rootstock
  Medium size (2.5m-3m after 10 years)
  

  Out of stock
• 21-year maiden bare-root tree 33.45€
  MM106 rootstock
  Large size (3m-4m after 10 years)
  

  Out of stock

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How to grow

Newton Wonder is a vigorous growing tree, adaptable to most UK climate situations.

History

Found in Derbyshire in 1887 and thought to be a cross between Dumelow's Seedling and Blenheim Orange.

Newton Wonder characteristics

• Gardening skillAverage
• Self-fertilityPartially self-fertile
• Flowering group4
• Pollinating othersAverage
• PloidyDiploid
• Bearing regularityBiennial tendency
• Fruit bearingSpur-bearer
• Picking seasonLate
• CroppingHeavy
• Keeping3 months or more
• Useful forCulinaryTraditional cooker
• Cooking resultPuree
• Disease resistanceAverage
• CankerSome resistance
• ScabSome resistance
• MildewSome susceptibility
• Climate typeTemperate climatesMild damp climates
• Summer average maximum temperaturesCool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)Cold (< 20C / 67F)
• Country of originUnited Kingdom
• Period of origin1850 - 1899
• Flower colourWhite
• AwardsRHS Award of Garden Merit