sentences:  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.