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
Blenheim (Blenheim, Virginia) Also on the property are a frame kitchen/laundry, a "chapel" or schoolhouse, and two smoke houses. Also on the property are two dwellings, one of which is supposed to have been built to accommodate Justice Roger B. Taney on his visits to Blenheim. The main house and many of the outbuildings were built during the ownership of Representative Andrew Stevenson (1784-1857), who purchased the property in 1846. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Blenheim (Blenheim, Virginia) Blenheim is a historic home and farm complex located at Blenheim, Albemarle County, Virginia. The main house was