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 Elizabeth Fry Ashmead Schaeffer Elizabeth Fry Ashmead Schaeffer (E.F.A. Schaeffer) (born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 16, 1812 and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 2, 1892), was the founder of the Lutheran Home at Germantown for Orphans and an active leader of many ministries of the Lutheran Church in Philadelphia. She was the wife of Rev. Charles William Schaeffer and mother of four children. Elizabeth was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 16, 1812 in the Germantown area. Her parents were James Ashmead and Eve Frey (Fry). Elizabeth was baptized at St. Michael's Lutheran Church in Germantown on May 18, 1812.