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Varieties
11 varieties
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Flowering group
- 3
Picking season
- Mid
Self-fertility
- Not self-fertile
Category
- Apple trees
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Categories
Apples
11
Mid-season eating apples
9
Late eating apples
1
Cooking apples
1
Dual-purpose apples
1
Red-flesh apples
1
Cherries
1
Sweet cherries
1
Plums
3
Eating plums
1
Cooking plums
2
Dual-purpose plums
1
Stock availability
All
11
In stock
8
Not in stock
3
Form
1-year
8
1-year bush-trained
2-year
2-year bush-trained
6
Spindlebush
2-year half-standard
1
Premium half-standard
2
2-year top-worked
2-year (1.75m)
Cordon-trained
1
Premium cordon
1
1/4 standard
Each
Mature size
Very small
4
Small
1
Medium
4
Large
8
Very large
1
N/A
Rootstocks
M27
4
?
M9
1
?
M26
4
?
MM106
8
?
M25
1
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Supplied as
Bare-root
8
12L pot
5
11.5L pot
4
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
6
Average
4
Experienced
1
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
2
Partially self-fertile
5
Not self-fertile
11
Flowering group
?
1
2
3
3
11
4
1
5
6
Pollinating others
?
Good
Average
11
Poor
Fruit bearing
Spur-bearer
10
Free-spurring
1
Partial tip-bearer
Tip-bearer
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
11
Mild damp climates
3
Warm climates
Using
Picking season
?
Very early
1
Early
2
Mid
11
Late
24
Very late
Cropping
?
Heavy
3
Good
7
Light
1
Keeping (of fruit)
?
Does not keep
1-3 days
1 week
2-3 weeks
8
1-2 months
3
3 months or more
Food uses
Eating fresh
10
Culinary
3
Traditional cooker
Dual purpose
1
Juice
5
Hard cider
Drying
Edible fruits
Not suitable for humans
Problems
Disease resistance
?
Good
5
Average
1
Poor
2
Canker
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
1
Scab (Apple and Pear)
Very resistant
2
Some resistance
1
Some susceptibility
1
Very susceptible
1
Powdery mildew
Very resistant
Some resistance
2
Some susceptibility
1
Fire blight
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
1
Very susceptible
Bacterial canker
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Peach leaf curl
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Woolly aphid
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
1
Identification
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
Canada
China
Czech Republic
1
Denmark
France
1
Germany
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Russia
Slovakia
South Africa
South Korea
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
9
United States
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1750 - 1799
1800 - 1849
2
1850 - 1899
1
1900 - 1949
1
1950 - 1999
5
2000
2
Flowering month
January
February
March
April
May
June
December
Blossom colour
White
5
Cream
Pink - light
3
Pink
Pink - dark
Red - dark
Crimson
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
Bronze
Brown
Crimson
Gold
Green
Green - light
1
Green / Red
1
Green / Yellow
2
Orange
1
Orange / Red
2
Orange flush
1
Pink
Purple
Purple - light
Red
2
Red - dark
Red / Black
Red / Green
Red striped
Russet
1
Varigated
Yellow
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
White
Flesh colour
White
1
Cream
1
Golden / Yellow
Orange
1
Pink / Red
Dark red
Awards
RHS AGM (current)
3
RHS AGM (former)
1
RHS AM
RHS 1st class
Slow Food - Ark of Taste
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Varieties list
Arthur Turner
A mid-season cooking apple, producing a light yellow puree. Very attractive blossom.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Ballerina Flamenco
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Flamenco (also known as Obelisk) is a ballerina-style apple tree which grows as columnar minarette.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Charles Ross
Charles Ross is a very attractive classic English dual-purpose apple.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cox's Orange Pippin
Cox is widely acknowledged as having the best flavour of any apple variety.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Delbarestivale
An attractive heavy-cropping September apple with a good flavour.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Limelight
Limelight is an attractive green mid-season dessert apple, ideal for beginners.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Meridian
Meridian is a little known modern English apple, heavy crops, easy to grow, and excellent flavour.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Norfolk Royal Russet
Norfolk Royal Russet is a glorious golden-russet apple which tastes as good as it looks.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Rajka
Rajka is a modern disease-resistant heavy-cropping apple variety with a good sweet/sharp flavour.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Surprize
TM
An unusual new apple variety with a unique combination of orange skin and pink flesh.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Yellow Ingestrie
One of the prettiest of all apples, perfect for a table display, with a rich fruity flavour.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile