Apple trees
Adam's Pearmain apple tree
Adam's Pearmain is a popular Victorian-era English apple with a distinctive 'pearmain' shape. compareArthur Turner apple tree
A mid-season cooking apple, producing a light yellow puree. Very attractive blossom. compareAshmead's Kernel apple tree
A versatile English russet apple from the 17th century, Ashmead's Kernel is noted for its distinctive pear-like flavour. compareBlenheim Orange apple tree
Blenheim Orange is a classic English dual-purpose apple, useful for dessert and culinary purposes. compareBountiful apple tree
Bountiful is an easy-to-grow cooking apple, it retains its shape when cooked, fairly sweet for a cooker. compareBraeburn apple tree
Braeburn is one of the best-flavoured supermarket apple varieties. compareBramley 20 apple tree
Bramley 20 is a naturally small sport of the famous English cooking apple. compareBramley's Seedling apple tree
Bramley is the essential English cooking apple, famous for its rich sharp acidity. compareCharles Ross apple tree
Charles Ross is a very attractive classic English dual-purpose apple. compareChivers Delight apple tree
Chivers Delight is an under-rated Cox-style apple from Cambridgeshire. Crisp and sweet. compareChristmas Pippin apple tree
Christmas Pippin is a new high-yielding Cox-style apple, discovered as a road-side seedling tree. compareClaygate Pearmain apple tree
Claygate Pearmain is a popular English dessert apple of the Victorian era. compareCornish Gilliflower apple tree
Cornish Gilliflower is a popular English eating apple with an excellent sweet aromatic flavour. compareCourt Pendu Plat apple tree
Court Pendu Plant is a traditional French apple with a pronounced aromatic pear-drop flavour. compareCox's Orange Pippin apple tree
Cox is widely acknowledged as having the best flavour of any apple variety. compareDiscovery apple tree
Discovery is the definitive early-season English apple variety, makes a good fruit tree for the garden. compareDumelow's Seedling apple tree
An traditional English cooking apple, with a very rich sharp flavour. One of our favourite cookers. compareEgremont Russet apple tree
Egremont Russet is the most popular English russet variety, and a good apple tree for the garden. compareEllison's Orange apple tree
Ellison's Orange is a well respected Cox-style apple which can achieve very good flavour. compareFiesta apple tree
Fiesta (also called Red Pippin) is one of the best Cox-style apples, easy to grow, with a high quality aromatic flavour. compareFlamenco (Ballerina) apple tree
The best of the ballerina-style apple trees for eating quality. compareGala apple tree
Gala is popular supermarket apple - but better when home-grown, with a sweet pleasant flavour. compareGeorge Cave apple tree
George Cave is one of the earliest-ripening English apples, at its best eaten straight from the tree. compareGolden Delicious apple tree
The flavour of home-grown Golden Delicious is far better than its supermarket reputation. compareGranny Smith apple tree
Granny Smith is the world-famous green apple from Australia, a good choice for warmer apple-growing regions. compareGreensleeves apple tree
Greensleeves is a reliable and popular mid-season green/yellow apple, easy to grow and productive. compareGrenadier apple tree
Grenadier is an early-season cooking apple, and one of the most foolproof apple varieties. compareHerefordshire Russet apple tree
Herefordshire Russet is a modern russet apple variety, with an excellent strong Cox-like flavour. compareHowgate Wonder apple tree
Howgate Wonder is a large cooking apple which keeps well. Produces an excellent sharp juice. compareIdared apple tree
Idared is a popular late-season apple variety, notable for its excellent keeping qualities. compareJames Grieve apple tree
James Grieve is the classic Scottish cooking apple. It can also be eaten fresh, and is excellent for juice. compareJonagold apple tree
Jonagold is a high quality American apple, with a good balanced sweet/sharp flavour. compareJupiter apple tree
Jupiter is a popular Cox-style apple with a slightly stronger flavour. compareKaty apple tree
Katy is an attractive and versatile early apple variety from Sweden, very easy to grow. compareKeswick Codlin apple tree
Keswick Codlin is a popular early-season cooking apple, easy to grow, and productive in most climates. compareKidd's Orange Red apple tree
Kidd's Orange Red is one of the best Cox-style apples, aromatic, sweet, and easy to grow. compareLane's Prince Albert apple tree
A classic Victorian cooking apple. Plenty of juicy acidity and stores well. compareLaxton's Superb apple tree
Laxton's Superb is a deservedly popular English late-season dessert apple from the Victorian era. compareLimelight apple tree
Limelight is an attractive green mid-season dessert apple, ideal for gardens. compareLord Derby apple tree
Lord Derby is a high-quality mid/late-season traditional English cooking apple, cooks to a chunky puree. compareLord Lambourne apple tree
Lord Lambourne is a popular versatile garden apple variety, with a good balance of sweet and sharp flavours. compareMeridian apple tree
Meridian is an under-rated modern English apple, heavy crops, easy to grow, and excellent flavour. compareMutsu (Crispin) apple tree
Mutsu or Crispin is a high quality apple from Japan, with a good flavour, and also sharp enough for cooking. compareNewton Wonder apple tree
A traditional English cooking apple, a good alternative to Bramley. compareNorfolk Royal Russet apple tree
Norfolk Royal Russet is a glorious golden-russet apple which tastes as good as it looks. compareOrleans Reinette apple tree
Orleans Reinette is traditional French apple variety, and remains popular for its old-fashioned flavour. comparePixie apple tree
Pixie produces lots of small Cox-style apples, easy to grow and keep well. compareRajka apple tree
Rajka is a modern disease-resistant apple variety from the Czech Republic with a good sweet/sharp flavour. compareRed Devil apple tree
Red Devil is a a good apple variety for the UK garden, and produces a sweet red-tinted juice. compareRed Falstaff apple tree
Red Falstaff is one of the best garden apple trees, heavy crops, easy to grow, and very juicy. compareRed Windsor apple tree
Red Windsor is one of the easiest to grow of all dessert apple trees, and with a pleasant apple flavour. compareRubinette apple tree
Rubinette has exceptional flavour, perhaps the best balance of sweetness and sharpness of any apple variety. compareSaint Edmund's Russet apple tree
Not as well known as other russets, St. Edmund's Russet is nevertheless one of the best. compareSantana apple tree
Santana is a good quality modern dessert apple, notable for low levels of allergenic compounds. compareScotch Bridget apple tree
A popular Scottish cooking apple, well-suited to damp wet conditions. compareScotch Dumpling apple tree
Scotch Dumpling is a large Scottish cooking apple. Cooks to a frothy puree with a good flavour. compareScrumptious apple tree
Scumptious is a new award-winning early-season English dessert apple. compareSpartan apple tree
Spartan produces lots of crimson maroon apples, crunchy, sweet, easy to grow, delicate "vinous" flavour. compareSturmer Pippin apple tree
A sharp-tasting late-season Victorian apple which keeps very well. compareSunrise apple tree
Sunrise is a reliable summer apple, crisp, juicy, and better flavour than many early apples. compareSunset apple tree
Sunset is a popular garden alternative to Cox, easier to grow, with a sweet aromatic flavour. compareTickled Pink apple tree
Tickled Pink is a unique red-fleshed apple, with attractive crimson blossom, also known as Baya® Marisa. compareTydeman's Late Orange apple tree
An excellent late-season Cox-style aromatic apple. compareWinter Gem apple tree
Winter Gem is a late-season apple variety with a very good aromatic flavour. compareWorcester Pearmain apple tree
Worcester Pearmain is a well-known early-season English apple, noted for its strawberry-like flavours. compareMore about Apple trees
Apple trees are generally easy to grow, and because there are so many apple varieties there is invariably a good choice for almost any growing situation, from cool temperate to subtropical.
Apples are perhaps the most versatile of all temperate fruits, and one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits. Almost all cultivated apple varieties belong to the species Malus domestica, and are botanically part of the Rose family - apple blossom has an obvious resemblance to wild rose flowers. Apples trees were one of the earliest fruit trees to be cultivated, and originate from central Asia. There are now thousands of different apple cultivars or varieties.
Apples display perhaps a greater range of flavours, appearance, and texture than any other tree fruits. This diversity makes apples a particularly satisifying fruit for home cultivation. Without much difficulty (or space) one can grow a number of different apple trees which will keep a family supplied with fresh apples from mid-summer to late autumn, and with a good spread of flavours and uses.