Ashmead's Kernel Ashmead's Kernel Ashmead's Kernel is a triploid cultivar of apple. Traditionally Ashmead's Kernel was thought to be diploid but a poor pollinator. Ashmead's Kernel is often reported as having been raised by Dr Ashmead in Gloucester, England in the 18th century. However Christine Leighton of the Gloucestershire Orchard Group suggests that the originator may have been William Ashmead, a lawyer who died in 1782. This dessert apple is of medium size, on average 83mm in diameter on vigorous rootstock and has a flat round shape. The base colour of the apple is greenish yellow, yet has a dull russet colour
Elizabeth Fry Ashmead Schaeffer will and gratefully acknowledge His goodness in permitting Mrs. Schaeffer to serve Him so long and so faithfully in this life, we pray that her example may stimulate others to follow in her steps, as she followed Christ."In 1903, the Schaeffer-Ashmead Memorial Chapel was constructed at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia in honor of Elizabeth Fry Ashmead Schaeffer and her husband and Professor Rev. Charles W. Schaeffer. The Memorial was given by their son, Rev. William Ashmead Schaeffer (missionary superintendent of the Ministerium of Pennsylvania), and their daughter, Katie Schaeffer. Elizabeth Fry Ashmead Schaeffer Elizabeth Fry Ashmead Schaeffer (E.F.A.