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Foxwhelp
The 'Foxwhelp' is a very old cider apple cultivar, originating in the west Midlands of England.
==History==
This is one of the oldest surviving varieties of cider apple; it is first mentioned in John Evelyn's ''Advertisements Concerning Cider'' in his work ''Pomona'' of 1664, in which it is commented that "cider for strength () is best made of the ''Fox-whelp'' of the ''Forest of Dean'', but which comes not to be drunk until two or three years old".〔Hogg, R. ''(British Pomology ), 1851, p.89〕 It is usually said to have originated in Gloucestershire or Herefordshire. By the early eighteenth century, it had become one of the most prized cultivars for cider: a letter written by a Hugh Stafford in 1727 states "I have been told by a person of credit that a hogshead of cider from this fruit has been sold in London for £8 or eight guineas, and that often a hogshead of French wine has been given in exchange for the same quantity of Fox-whelp. It is said to contain a richer and more cordial juice than even the Red-streak itself".〔Hogg, R. ''The fruit manual'', Journal Of Horticulture Office, 1884, 63〕
Along with many other old varieties of apple, the 'Foxwhelp' is now rare. Some sources state that many apples identified as Foxwhelp today are not, in fact, the original variety, which came to be known as "Old Foxwhelp" to distinguish it from later sports (such as "Improved Foxwhelp", developed by H. P. Bulmer), which were selected from the original cultivar. By the 1960s the Long Ashton Research Station could locate only "a few very old trees" of Old Foxwhelp in Herefordshire and Gloucestershire.〔''Annual report of the Agricultural and Horticultural Research Station'', 1963, p.84〕 However, the Gloucestershire Apple Collection did manage to secure cuttings for propagation from an orchard in Gloucestershire, which had been used by Long Ashton as a source of Foxwhelp propagating material until the 1950s.〔Martell, C. (Native Apples of Gloucestershire ), Gloucestershire Orchard Group, p.104〕
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