Malus domestica ‘Dr. Harvey’
Fruit; large, ovate, angular. Skin; greenish yellow with green and white specks and russet about the apex. Flesh; white, firm, crisp, juicy, pleasantly acid and perfumed. [HP pl.XXIII/1878].
Horticultural & Botanical History
Named for Dr. Gabriel Harvey of Cambridge it was probably one of the oldest English varieties popular at the time.
Produces a large, hardy tree and is a great bearer. ‘A culinary apple of first rate quality, well known and extensively cultivated in Norfolk and the north of England. When baked in an oven which is not too hot, these apples are most excellent; they become sugary, and will keep a week or ten days, furnishing for the dessert a highly flavoured sweet meat.’ October to January. [HP pl.XXIII/1878].
History at Camden Park
Listed in the 1845, 1850 and 1857 catalogues [Apple no.28/1845].
Notes
The apple named ‘Dr. Harvey’ in the ‘Herefordshire Pomona’, also with the synonym ‘The Harvey Apple’, is possibly the ‘Golden Hervey’ of the catalogues and is described here. This may be incorrect with both apples actually ‘Golden Harvey’. There are a number of examples of a plant being introduced to Camden Park under more than one name.
Two apples with synonyms The Harvey Apple are listed in the 'Herefordshire Pomona'. The apple called there ‘Golden Harvey’, synonym ‘the Harvey Apple’, also has the synonym ‘Brandy Apple’ in the ‘Herefordshire Pomona’ and is therefore considered to be the apple listed as ‘Brandy Apple’ in the catalogues. See Malus domestica Borkh. var. ‘Golden Harvey’.
Published Apr 16, 2010 - 09:56 AM | Last updated Jul 25, 2011 - 03:46 PM
Apple ‘Dr. Harvey’ | HP pl.23/1878 - Dr. Harvey is the apple at top right | RBGS
| Family | Rosaceae |
|---|---|
| Category | |
| Region of origin | Garden origin, probably Cambridge, England |
| Synonyms | |
| Common Name | Apple, Culinary apple |
| Name in the Camden Park Record |
Golden Hervey
|
| Confidence level | medium |