23. Hunt’s Duke of Glos. (dwarf) - Apple
Pollination: Self sterile - Group B
Rootstock: M27 - the most dwarfing rootstock for apple trees
- for a tree less than 2 m high
Said to have been grown from a seed of the old Nonpareil which is now lost.
Raised by Dr Fry at Gloucester. It was introduced in 1820 by Thomas Hunt of Stratford-on-Avon.
Malus domestica ‘Hunts Duke of Gloucester’
The fruits are small, golden and heavily russetted.
The flesh is firm and crisp with a slightly subacid and nutty flavour. Very juicy.
It is also good when used as a cider apple.
Stores well.
‘An excellent little apple’