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Varieties
35 varieties
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Categories
Apples
31
Early eating apples
3
Mid-season eating apples
5
Late eating apples
13
Cooking apples
7
Dual-purpose apples
5
Red-flesh apples
2
Russet apples
4
Cider apples
4
Stock availability
All
35
In stock
35
Not in stock
0
Form
1-year
3
1-year bush-trained
2-year
32
2-year bush-trained
Spindlebush
6
2-year half-standard
Premium half-standard
2-year top-worked
2-year (1.75m)
Cordon-trained
Premium cordon
1/4 standard
Each
Mature size
Very small
Small
Medium
34
Large
3
Very large
N/A
Rootstocks
M27
31
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M9
28
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Dwarf
3
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Quince Eline
10
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Gisela 5
10
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M26
44
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Semi-dwarf
1
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Wavit
16
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Weiwa
10
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M116
35
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MM106
84
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Colt
11
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Own-roots
1
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Quince A
21
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Semi-vigorous
69
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St. Julien
54
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MM111
10
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Pyrodwarf
21
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M25
36
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Pyrus c. Kirchensaller
18
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Brompton
15
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Bare-root
35
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
18
Average
14
Experienced
3
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
5
Partially self-fertile
8
Not self-fertile
22
Flowering group
?
1
2
4
3
20
4
9
5
1
6
1
Pollinating others
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Good
5
Average
24
Poor
6
Fruit bearing
Spur-bearer
26
Free-spurring
1
Partial tip-bearer
7
Tip-bearer
1
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
35
Mild damp climates
19
Warm climates
3
Using
Picking season
?
Very early
Early
4
Mid
6
Late
21
Very late
4
Cropping
?
Heavy
14
Good
18
Light
3
Keeping (of fruit)
?
Does not keep
1-3 days
1 week
5
2-3 weeks
7
1-2 months
12
3 months or more
10
Food uses
Eating fresh
25
Culinary
14
Traditional cooker
6
Dual purpose
3
Juice
20
Hard cider
8
Drying
Pickling
Edible fruits
Not suitable for humans
Problems
Disease resistance
?
Good
16
Average
13
Poor
2
Canker
Very resistant
2
Some resistance
4
Some susceptibility
3
Very susceptible
1
Scab (Apple and Pear)
Very resistant
10
Some resistance
10
Some susceptibility
3
Very susceptible
2
Powdery mildew
Very resistant
1
Some resistance
6
Some susceptibility
2
Fire blight
Very resistant
Some resistance
4
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
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
Canada
China
Croatia
Czech Republic
1
Denmark
France
Germany
1
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
2
Norway
Russia
Slovakia
South Africa
South Korea
Sweden
1
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
30
United States
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
2
1750 - 1799
2
1800 - 1849
4
1850 - 1899
6
1900 - 1949
7
1950 - 1999
9
2000
5
Flowering month
January
February
March
April
May
June
Blossom colour
White
11
Cream
Pink - light
12
Pink
1
Pink - dark
1
Red - dark
Crimson
1
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
Brown
Crimson
Gold
Green
3
Green - light
2
Green / Red
2
Green / Yellow
Orange
Orange / Red
7
Orange flush
6
Pink
Purple
Purple - light
Red
6
Red - dark
2
Red / Black
Red / Green
Red striped
2
Russet
4
Varigated
Yellow
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
1
White
Flesh colour
White
5
Cream
1
Golden / Yellow
Orange
Pink / Red
2
Dark red
Light green / Yellow
Awards
RHS AGM (current)
16
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
Blenheim Orange
Blenheim Orange is a classic English dual-purpose apple, useful for dessert and culinary purposes.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
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
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
Cornish Aromatic
An attractive late-season apple from Cornwall, with a good aromatic flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cornish Gilliflower
Cornish Gilliflower is a popular English eating apple with an excellent sweet aromatic flavour.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 4
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
Dabinett
Dabinett is a traditional English cider apple variety, producing a bittersweet juice.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 6
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
D'Arcy Spice
An old English apple variety, yet with a unique flavour and many unusual qualities.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 4
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
Egremont Russet
Egremont Russet is the most popular English russet variety, and a good apple tree for the garden.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Partially 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
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
Harry Masters Jersey
Harry Masters Jersey is a traditional English cider apple variety, producing a bittersweet juice.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 4
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
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
Jumbo
A dual-purpose apple, named for the exceptionally large size of its fruits.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
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
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
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
Laxton's Superb
Laxton's Superb is a deservedly popular English late-season dessert apple from the Victorian era.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Partially 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
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
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
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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
Red Windsor
®
Red Windsor is one of the easiest to grow of all dessert apple trees, and with a pleasant apple flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
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
Somerset Redstreak
An English cider apple variety producing a very high-quality bittersweet juice.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 5
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Three Counties
Three Counties is an early-ripening bittersweet cider apple.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
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
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