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54 varieties
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Categories
Apples
41
Early eating apples
5
Mid-season eating apples
11
Late eating apples
15
Cooking apples
6
Dual-purpose apples
5
Red-flesh apples
2
Russet apples
3
Cider apples
14
Stock availability
All
54
Available to pre-order
54
Not in stock
0
Form
1-year
48
1-year bush-trained
2-year
23
2-year bush-trained
Spindlebush
3
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
49
Large
5
Very large
N/A
Rootstocks
M27
36
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Very dwarf
2
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M9
46
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Dwarf
4
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Quince C
3
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VVA-1
33
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Quince Adams
1
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Quince Eline
15
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Quince Eline interstem
5
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Gisela 5
20
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Weigi 2
3
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M26
58
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Semi-dwarf
3
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Weigi 1
3
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Gisela 6
1
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Wavit
38
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Weiwa
14
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M116
54
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MM106
112
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Colt
16
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Own-roots
3
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Quince A
37
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Semi-vigorous
87
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St. Julien
84
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Torinel
4
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Quince A interstem
6
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MM111
30
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Pyrodwarf
34
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M25
60
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Pyrus c. Kirchensaller
23
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Brompton
20
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F12/1
7
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Pyrus c.
1
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Bare-root
54
Growing
Gardening skill
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Beginner
23
Average
28
Experienced
3
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
5
Partially self-fertile
8
Not self-fertile
41
Flowering group
?
1
2
6
3
27
4
15
5
4
6
2
Pollinating others
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Good
2
Average
41
Poor
9
Fruit bearing
Spur-bearer
44
Free-spurring
Partial tip-bearer
9
Tip-bearer
1
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
53
Mild damp climates
32
Warm climates
5
Using
Picking season
?
Very early
Early
7
Mid
15
Late
26
Very late
6
Cropping
?
Heavy
25
Good
25
Light
3
Keeping (of fruit)
?
Does not keep
1-3 days
1 week
6
2-3 weeks
21
1-2 months
13
3 months or more
9
Food uses
Eating fresh
36
Culinary
13
Traditional cooker
5
Dual purpose
2
Juice
28
Hard cider
19
Drying
Pickling
Edible fruits
Not suitable for humans
Problems
Disease resistance
?
Good
24
Average
16
Poor
5
Canker
Very resistant
3
Some resistance
6
Some susceptibility
7
Very susceptible
1
Scab (Apple and Pear)
Very resistant
16
Some resistance
16
Some susceptibility
7
Very susceptible
2
Powdery mildew
Very resistant
Some resistance
10
Some susceptibility
4
Fire blight
Very resistant
Some resistance
3
Some susceptibility
7
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
2
Denmark
France
3
Germany
2
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
1
Norway
Russia
Slovakia
South Africa
South Korea
Sweden
1
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
44
United States
1
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1
1750 - 1799
5
1800 - 1849
6
1850 - 1899
8
1900 - 1949
10
1950 - 1999
17
2000
7
Flowering month
January
February
March
April
May
June
December
Blossom colour
White
18
Cream
Pink - light
17
Pink
1
Pink - dark
Red - dark
Crimson
1
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
Bronze
Brown
Crimson
1
Gold
Green
2
Green - light
2
Green / Red
4
Green / Yellow
1
Orange
Orange / Red
12
Orange flush
11
Pink
Purple
Purple - light
Red
10
Red - dark
1
Red / Black
Red / Green
1
Red striped
2
Russet
3
Varigated
Yellow
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
1
White
Flesh colour
White
4
Cream
2
Golden / Yellow
Orange
Pink / Red
3
Dark red
Awards
RHS AGM (current)
14
RHS AGM (former)
3
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
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 Flamenco
®
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
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
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
Brown's Apple
Brown's Apple is a traditional English cider apple variety producing a sharp juice.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 5
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
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
Claygate Pearmain
Claygate Pearmain is a popular English dessert apple of the Victorian era.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
Kingston Black
Kingston Black is one of the premier English cider varieties and produces a bittersharp juice.
Picking season: Very 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
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
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
Michelin
Michelin is a traditional French cider apple variety producing a bittersweet juice.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Morgan Sweet
Morgan Sweet is a traditional English cider variety producing a full sweet juice.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Newton Wonder
A traditional English cooking apple, a good alternative to Bramley.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
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
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
Porter's Perfection
Porter's Perfection is a 19th century English cider variety producing a bittersharp juice.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
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
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
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
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
Saturn
An attractive modern English apple, crisp flesh and an excellent flavour.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially 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
Stoke Red
A traditional English cider apple producing a bittersharp juice.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 6
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
Tom Putt
An old traditional English cider variety with a sharp juice, which can also be used for cooking.
Picking season: Early
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
Tremlett's Bitter
Tremlett's Bitter is a traditional English cider apple variety producing a bittersweet juice.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 5
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
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
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
Yarlington Mill
Yarlington Mill is a traditional English cider apple variety producing a bittersweet juice.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 5
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile