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Varieties
50 varieties
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Food uses
- Juice
Category
- Apple trees
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Categories
Apples
50
Early eating apples
4
Mid-season eating apples
12
Late eating apples
15
Cooking apples
12
Dual-purpose apples
7
Red-flesh apples
5
Cider apples
4
Crab apples
1
Perry pears
1
Stock availability
All
50
In stock
43
Not in stock
7
Form
1-year
41
1-year bush-trained
2-year
19
2-year bush-trained
29
Spindlebush
5
2-year half-standard
Premium half-standard
12
2-year top-worked
2-year (1.75m)
10
Cordon-trained
Premium cordon
Each
Mature size
Very small
16
Small
17
Medium
29
Large
41
Very large
12
N/A
Rootstocks
M27
16
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M9
17
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M26
28
?
M116
11
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MM106
40
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MM111
6
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M25
12
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Supplied as
Bare-root
43
12L pot
29
11.5L pot
16
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
27
Average
21
Experienced
2
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
5
Partially self-fertile
14
Not self-fertile
31
Flowering group
?
1
2
9
3
27
4
12
5
6
2
Pollinating others
?
Good
6
Average
34
Poor
9
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
49
Mild damp climates
28
Warm climates
8
Using
Picking season
?
Very early
1
Early
6
Mid
17
Late
25
Very late
1
Cropping
?
Heavy
20
Good
25
Light
4
Keeping (of fruit)
?
Does not keep
1-3 days
1
1 week
7
2-3 weeks
17
1-2 months
12
3 months or more
13
Food uses
Eating fresh
79
Culinary
42
Traditional cooker
16
Dual purpose
12
Juice
50
Hard cider
9
Drying
1
Edible fruits
Not suitable for humans
Problems
Disease resistance
?
Good
26
Average
13
Poor
6
Identification
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
Canada
2
China
Czech Republic
1
Denmark
France
2
Germany
2
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Japan
1
Netherlands
New Zealand
2
Norway
Russia
Slovakia
South Africa
South Korea
Sweden
1
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
37
United States
2
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1
1650 - 1699
1
1700 - 1749
1
1750 - 1799
1
1800 - 1849
7
1850 - 1899
6
1900 - 1949
12
1950 - 1999
15
2000
6
Flowering month
January
February
March
April
May
June
December
Blossom colour
White
21
Cream
Pink - light
15
Pink
3
Pink - dark
3
Red - dark
Crimson
1
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
Bronze
Brown
Crimson
1
Gold
Green
4
Green - light
3
Green / Red
2
Green / Yellow
2
Orange
1
Orange / Red
6
Orange flush
10
Pink
Purple
Purple - light
Red
6
Red - dark
2
Red / Black
Red / Green
3
Red striped
Russet
4
Varigated
Yellow
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
1
White
Flesh colour
White
5
Cream
1
Golden / Yellow
Orange
1
Pink / Red
5
Dark red
Awards
RHS AGM (current)
19
RHS AGM (former)
RHS AM
RHS 1st class
Slow Food - Ark of Taste
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Varieties list
Ashmead's Kernel
A versatile English 17th century russet apple, Ashmead's Kernel is noted for its distinctive pear-like flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
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
Bardsey
A hardy disease-resistant apple, discovered growing on an island off the west coast of Wales.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Bloody Ploughman
An old Scottish apple variety, named for the crimson-red colour of its skin and stained flesh.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Bramley 20
Bramley 20 is a naturally smaller version of Bramley's Seedling (the apples are the same size though).
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Bramley's Seedling
Bramley is the essential English cooking apple, famous for its rich sharp acidity.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Brownlees Russet
Brownlees Russet is a high quality late-season dessert russet apple.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Chivers Delight
Chivers Delight is an under-rated Cox-style apple from Cambridgeshire. Crisp and sweet.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Court Pendu Plat
Court Pendu Plant is a traditional French apple with an aromatic pear-drop flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 6
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
Crispin
Crispin (also known as Mutsu) is a high quality apple from Japan, with a good flavour, and also sharp enough for cooking.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Devonshire Quarrenden
A very old English summer apple, with a vinous strawberry flavour, grown throughout the UK.
Picking season: Very early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Discovery
Discovery is the definitive early-season English apple variety, makes a good fruit tree for the garden.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Eden
®
A new dual-purpose apple which has a naturally non-browning flesh, ideal for salads and fresh apple juice.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 2
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
Greensleeves
Greensleeves is a reliable and popular mid-season green/yellow apple, easy to grow and productive.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Grenadier
Grenadier is an early-season cooking apple, and one of the most foolproof apple varieties.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Hidden Rose
®
Hidden Rose is named for the unexpected pink flesh hidden behind the plain green skin.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Howgate Wonder
Howgate Wonder is a large cooking apple which keeps well. Produces an excellent sharp juice.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
James Grieve
James Grieve is the classic Scottish dual-purpose apple. It can be eaten fresh, and is also excellent for juicing and cooking.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
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
Katy
Katy is an attractive and versatile early apple variety from Sweden, very easy to grow.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Keswick Codlin
Keswick Codlin is a popular early-season cooking apple, easy to grow, and productive in most climates.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Partially 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
King of the Pippins
A popular and versatile dual-purpose apple, widely grown in the Victorian era.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Lane's Prince Albert
A classic Victorian cooking apple. Plenty of juicy acidity and stores well.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
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
Lord Derby
Lord Derby is a high-quality mid/late-season traditional English cooking apple, cooks to a chunky puree.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Lord Lambourne
Lord Lambourne is a popular versatile garden apple variety, with a good balance of sweet and sharp flavours.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Partially 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
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
Pendragon
Pendragon is a red-fleshed dual-purpose apple from Cornwall.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 6
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Pinova
An attractive disease-resistant dessert apple, capable of producing good clean fruit without chemical sprays.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Pitmaston Pine Apple
A small English 18th century apple with a distinctive fruity pineapple-like flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Prince William
Prince William is a modern bittersweet cider variety from the famous Long Ashton Research Station.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not 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
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
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
Red Devil
Red Devil is a good apple variety for the UK garden, and produces a sweet red-tinted juice.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Red Falstaff
®
Red Falstaff is one of the best garden apple trees, heavy crops, easy to grow, and very juicy.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: 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
Rosette
TM
Probably the best-flavoured of the pink-fleshed apple varieties, and produces lovely pink juice.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Saint Edmund's Russet
Not as well known as other russets, St. Edmund's Russet is nevertheless one of the best.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Saturn
An attractive modern English apple, crisp flesh and an excellent flavour.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially 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
Sunset
Sunset is a popular garden alternative to Cox, easier to grow, with a sweet aromatic flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: 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
Tickled Pink
A new red-fleshed apple variety, with attractive crimson blossom, also known as Baya® Marisa.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Tydeman's Late Orange
Tydeman's Late Orange is an excellent late-season Cox-style aromatic apple.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile