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Apples
12
Early eating apples
2
Mid-season eating apples
3
Late eating apples
5
Cooking apples
1
Cherries
2
Sweet cherries
2
Cider apples
2
Crab apples
1
Pears
2
Dessert pears
2
Stock availability
All
12
In stock
12
Not in stock
0
Form
1-year
12
1-year bush-trained
2-year
5
2-year bush-trained
8
Spindlebush
3
2-year half-standard
Premium half-standard
4
2-year top-worked
2-year (1.75m)
3
Cordon-trained
5
Premium cordon
3
1/4 standard
Each
Mature size
Very small
4
Small
6
Medium
7
Large
12
Very large
3
N/A
Rootstocks
M27
4
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M9
6
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M26
7
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M116
4
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MM106
12
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MM111
1
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M25
3
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Supplied as
Bare-root
12
12L pot
7
11.5L pot
4
Growing
Gardening skill
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Beginner
6
Average
3
Experienced
3
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
2
Partially self-fertile
7
Not self-fertile
3
Flowering group
?
1
2
3
9
4
3
5
6
Pollinating others
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Good
2
Average
8
Poor
2
Fruit bearing
Spur-bearer
9
Free-spurring
Partial tip-bearer
3
Tip-bearer
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
12
Mild damp climates
2
Warm climates
5
Using
Attractive features
Attractive flowers
Attractive fruit
Attractive tree / plant
Attractive bark
Attractive foliage
Autumn foliage colour
Variegated foliage
Scented flowers
Scented foliage
Winter colour
Spring foliage colour
Summer foliage colour
Picking season
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Very early
Early
2
Mid
5
Late
5
Very late
Cropping
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Heavy
6
Good
5
Light
1
Keeping (of fruit)
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Does not keep
1-3 days
1 week
3
2-3 weeks
2
1-2 months
3
3 months or more
4
Food uses
Eating fresh
11
Culinary
5
Traditional cooker
1
Dual purpose
1
Juice
7
Hard cider
1
Drying
Pickling
Edible fruits
Not suitable for humans
Toxic to humans
Problems
Disease resistance
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Good
Average
7
Poor
4
Canker
Very resistant
4
Some resistance
15
Some susceptibility
11
Very susceptible
1
Scab (Apple and Pear)
Very resistant
1
Some resistance
2
Some susceptibility
5
Very susceptible
2
Powdery mildew
Very resistant
Some resistance
2
Some susceptibility
5
Fire blight
Very resistant
Some resistance
1
Some susceptibility
5
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
Awards
RHS AGM (current)
6
RHS AGM (former)
1
RHS AM
RHS 1st class
RHS Plant of the Year
Slow Food - Ark of Taste
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
Canada
1
China
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
Germany
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Kazakhstan
Korea
Netherlands
New Zealand
1
Norway
Russia
Slovakia
South Africa
South Korea
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
7
United States
3
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1750 - 1799
1800 - 1849
1
1850 - 1899
3
1900 - 1949
5
1950 - 1999
3
2000
Flowering month
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
December
Blossom colour
White
8
Cream
Pink - light
3
Pink
Pink - dark
Red - dark
Crimson
Magenta
Yellow
Flower form
Single flower (5-8 petals)
Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
Double flower (25-50 petals)
Chrysanthemum flower (100+ petals)
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
Brown
Crimson
1
Gold
Green
1
Green - light
1
Green / Red
1
Green / Yellow
1
Orange
Orange / Red
2
Orange flush
3
Pink
Purple
Purple - light
Red
2
Red - dark
1
Red / Black
Red / Green
Red striped
Russet
Varigated
Yellow
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
White
Flesh colour
White
1
Cream
1
Golden / Yellow
Orange
Pink / Red
Dark red
Light green / Yellow
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Varieties list
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
Fiesta
Fiesta (or Red Pippin) is one of the best Cox-style apples, easy to grow, with a good aromatic flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Gala
Gala is popular supermarket apple - but better when home-grown, with a sweet pleasant flavour.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Golden Delicious
The flavour of home-grown Golden Delicious is far better than its supermarket reputation.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Jonagold
Jonagold is a high quality American apple, with a good balanced sweet/sharp flavor.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Laxton's Fortune
A quietly popular Edwardian era Cox-style apple, developed by the Laxton Brothers Nursery.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially 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
Peasgood's Nonsuch
Peasgood Nonsuch is a highly-regarded old-fashioned English cooking apple.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Queen Cox
A modern self-fertile form of the renowned Cox's Orange Pippin, with arguably even better flavour.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Scrumptious
Scrumptious is a modern award-winning early-season English dessert apple.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Spartan
Spartan produces lots of crimson maroon apples, crunchy, sweet, easy to grow, delicate "vinous" flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Worcester Pearmain
Worcester Pearmain is a well-known early-season English apple, noted for its strawberry-like flavours.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile