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Varieties
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Categories
Apples
14
Early eating apples
4
Mid-season eating apples
3
Late eating apples
4
Cooking apples
2
Dual-purpose apples
1
Red-flesh apples
1
Cider apples
9
Stock availability
All
23
In stock
23
Not in stock
0
Form
1-year
18
1-year bush-trained
2-year
16
2-year bush-trained
Spindlebush
2
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
21
Large
2
Very large
N/A
Rootstocks
M27
35
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M9
32
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Dwarf
3
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VVA-1
1
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Quince Eline
12
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Gisela 5
14
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M26
46
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Semi-dwarf
2
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Gisela 6
1
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Wavit
22
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Weiwa
11
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M116
23
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MM106
92
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Colt
11
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Own-roots
1
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Quince A
23
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Semi-vigorous
75
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St. Julien
71
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MM111
9
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Pyrodwarf
23
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M25
37
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Pyrus c. Kirchensaller
20
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Brompton
17
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F12/1
7
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Bare-root
23
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
10
Average
11
Experienced
2
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
5
Partially self-fertile
1
Not self-fertile
17
Flowering group
?
1
2
4
3
11
4
4
5
3
6
1
Pollinating others
?
Good
2
Average
17
Poor
4
Fruit bearing
Spur-bearer
16
Free-spurring
Partial tip-bearer
6
Tip-bearer
1
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
23
Mild damp climates
18
Warm climates
2
Using
Picking season
?
Very early
Early
4
Mid
4
Late
10
Very late
5
Cropping
?
Heavy
13
Good
9
Light
1
Keeping (of fruit)
?
Does not keep
1-3 days
1 week
5
2-3 weeks
9
1-2 months
5
3 months or more
3
Food uses
Eating fresh
12
Culinary
4
Traditional cooker
2
Dual purpose
Juice
10
Hard cider
12
Drying
Pickling
Edible fruits
Not suitable for humans
Problems
Disease resistance
?
Good
13
Average
6
Poor
2
Canker
Very resistant
2
Some resistance
3
Some susceptibility
2
Very susceptible
1
Scab (Apple and Pear)
Very resistant
9
Some resistance
6
Some susceptibility
4
Very susceptible
1
Powdery mildew
Very resistant
Some resistance
4
Some susceptibility
1
Fire blight
Very resistant
Some resistance
3
Some susceptibility
4
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
1
Germany
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Russia
Slovakia
South Africa
South Korea
Sweden
1
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
20
United States
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1750 - 1799
2
1800 - 1849
5
1850 - 1899
3
1900 - 1949
5
1950 - 1999
7
2000
1
Flowering month
January
February
March
April
May
June
Blossom colour
White
8
Cream
Pink - light
7
Pink
1
Pink - dark
Red - dark
Crimson
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
Brown
Crimson
1
Gold
Green
1
Green - light
2
Green / Red
2
Green / Yellow
Orange
Orange / Red
5
Orange flush
5
Pink
Purple
Purple - light
Red
6
Red - dark
1
Red / Black
Red / Green
Red striped
2
Russet
Varigated
Yellow
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
White
Flesh colour
White
4
Cream
Golden / Yellow
Orange
Pink / Red
2
Dark red
Awards
RHS AGM (current)
6
RHS AGM (former)
1
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
Michelin
Michelin is a traditional French cider apple variety producing a bittersweet juice.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Partially 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
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
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
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
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
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