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Varieties
17 varieties
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Flowering group
- 3
Picking season
- Late
Self-fertility
- Not self-fertile
Category
- Late-season eating apples
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Categories
Apples
24
Late eating apples
17
Cooking apples
5
Dual-purpose apples
4
Cherries
2
Sweet cherries
2
Cider apples
1
Pears
4
Dessert pears
3
Cooking pears
2
Perry pears
4
Plums
8
Eating plums
6
Cooking plums
2
Dual-purpose plums
2
Stock availability
All
17
In stock
13
Not in stock
4
Form
1-year
13
1-year bush-trained
2-year
4
2-year bush-trained
9
Spindlebush
2-year half-standard
4
Premium half-standard
3
2-year top-worked
2-year (1.75m)
Cordon-trained
4
Premium cordon
4
1/4 standard
Each
Mature size
Very small
4
Small
4
Medium
9
Large
13
Very large
1
N/A
Rootstocks
M27
4
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M9
4
?
M26
7
?
M116
2
?
MM106
12
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M25
1
?
Supplied as
Bare-root
13
12L pot
9
11.5L pot
4
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
10
Average
7
Experienced
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
2
Partially self-fertile
2
Not self-fertile
17
Flowering group
?
1
2
2
3
17
4
7
5
6
1
Pollinating others
?
Good
1
Average
12
Poor
3
Fruit bearing
Spur-bearer
15
Free-spurring
Partial tip-bearer
2
Tip-bearer
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
17
Mild damp climates
6
Warm climates
2
Using
Picking season
?
Very early
Early
Mid
1
Late
17
Very late
Cropping
?
Heavy
5
Good
10
Light
2
Keeping (of fruit)
?
Does not keep
1-3 days
1 week
2-3 weeks
2
1-2 months
11
3 months or more
4
Food uses
Eating fresh
17
Culinary
2
Traditional cooker
Dual purpose
Juice
4
Hard cider
Drying
Edible fruits
Not suitable for humans
Problems
Disease resistance
?
Good
6
Average
8
Poor
1
Canker
Very resistant
Some resistance
2
Some susceptibility
1
Very susceptible
Scab (Apple and Pear)
Very resistant
1
Some resistance
6
Some susceptibility
4
Very susceptible
Powdery mildew
Very resistant
1
Some resistance
2
Some susceptibility
2
Fire blight
Very resistant
Some resistance
1
Some susceptibility
2
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
Identification
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
Canada
China
Czech Republic
1
Denmark
France
Germany
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
1
Norway
Russia
Slovakia
South Africa
South Korea
Sweden
Switzerland
1
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
13
United States
1
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1
1750 - 1799
1800 - 1849
2
1850 - 1899
1900 - 1949
3
1950 - 1999
4
2000
7
Flowering month
January
February
March
April
May
June
December
Blossom colour
White
3
Cream
Pink - light
7
Pink
Pink - dark
2
Red - dark
Crimson
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
Bronze
Brown
Crimson
Gold
Green
Green - light
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
Orange / Red
4
Orange flush
7
Pink
Purple
Purple - light
Red
Red - dark
2
Red / Black
Red / Green
1
Red striped
Russet
2
Varigated
Yellow
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
1
White
Flesh colour
White
1
Cream
2
Golden / Yellow
Orange
Pink / Red
Dark red
Awards
RHS AGM (current)
6
RHS AGM (former)
RHS AM
RHS 1st class
Slow Food - Ark of Taste
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Varieties list
Adams Pearmain
Adams' Pearmain is a popular Victorian-era English apple with a distinctive 'pearmain' shape.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Ballerina Samba
®
One of the best-flavoured Ballerina minarette-type apple varieties.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Bright Future
An excellent late-season English apple with a very good sweet/sharp flavour and crisp hard flesh.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Christmas Pippin
®
Christmas Pippin is a new high-yielding Cox-style apple, discovered as a chance seedling tree.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Core Blimey
TM
Core Blimey is a red Cox-style eating apple, suitable for most areas of the UK.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Herefordshire Russet
Herefordshire Russet is a modern russet apple variety, with an excellent strong Cox-like flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Jupiter
Jupiter is a popular Cox-style apple with a slightly stronger flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Kidd's Orange Red
Kidd's Orange Red is one of the best Cox-style apples, aromatic, sweet, and easy to grow.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Little Pax
TM
A new English apple variety, recently discovered on the Isle of Wight - but its appearance and flavour hark back to the Victorian era.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Melrose
Melrose is a well-regarded American apple, with a pleasant sweet flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Queen of the Realm
TM
A new apple variety, released in 2022 to celebrate the Queen's platinum jubilee.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Ribston Pippin
A handsome English apple from the 18th century.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Rosemary Russet
A classic English russet apple with excellent flavours, but not as well known as its Victorian contemporaries.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Rubinette
Considered by many to be the best-tasting apple ever, Rubinette has a perfect sweet / sharp flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Topaz
A modern and reliable disease-resistant variety with a sharp flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
William Crump
A little-known high quality English apple, related to Cox and Worcester Pearmain.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Winter Gem
Winter Gem is a late-season apple variety with a very good aromatic flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile