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
Cathy Grieve Broadcast Award for the first visit of US President Bill Clinton's trip to Northern Ireland. She also won numerous other broadcast awards. During her time with online media she won several online journalism award and the BBC News website won several Webby awards. Cathy Grieve Cathy Grieve (born 16 June 1965) is an Irish journalist from Letterkenny, County Donegal. She now owns Red Diamond Media, an Irish-based digital media group. Previously she was a senior editor with the BBC, the last post she held being Interactive Newsgathering Editor for BBC News. Cathy also worked for the BBC in TV, radio