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Varieties
11 varieties
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Rootstock
- M9
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Categories
Apples
11
Mid-season eating apples
2
Late eating apples
9
Russet apples
2
Stock availability
All
11
In stock
11
Not in stock
0
Form
1-year
1-year bush-trained
2-year
2-year bush-trained
Spindlebush
2-year half-standard
Premium half-standard
2-year top-worked
2-year (1.75m)
Cordon-trained
Premium cordon
11
1/4 standard
Each
Mature size
Very small
Small
11
Medium
Large
Very large
N/A
Rootstocks
M27
31
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Very dwarf
1
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M9
11
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Dwarf
3
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Quince Eline
4
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Gisela 5
8
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M26
33
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Semi-dwarf
2
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Wavit
5
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Weiwa
1
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MM106
51
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Colt
8
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Own-roots
2
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Quince A
11
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Semi-vigorous
71
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St. Julien
10
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Pyrodwarf
2
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Supplied as
12L pot
11
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
7
Average
3
Experienced
1
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
3
Partially self-fertile
3
Not self-fertile
5
Flowering group
?
1
2
2
3
7
4
2
5
6
Pollinating others
?
Good
2
Average
9
Poor
Fruit bearing
Spur-bearer
9
Free-spurring
1
Partial tip-bearer
1
Tip-bearer
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
11
Mild damp climates
2
Warm climates
1
Using
Picking season
?
Very early
Early
Mid
2
Late
8
Very late
1
Cropping
?
Heavy
6
Good
5
Light
Keeping (of fruit)
?
Does not keep
1-3 days
1 week
1
2-3 weeks
1
1-2 months
6
3 months or more
3
Food uses
Eating fresh
11
Culinary
1
Traditional cooker
Dual purpose
Juice
3
Hard cider
Drying
Pickling
Edible fruits
Not suitable for humans
Toxic to humans
Problems
Disease resistance
?
Good
2
Average
7
Poor
1
Canker
Very resistant
Some resistance
2
Some susceptibility
1
Very susceptible
1
Scab (Apple and Pear)
Very resistant
2
Some resistance
1
Some susceptibility
4
Very susceptible
1
Powdery mildew
Very resistant
Some resistance
1
Some susceptibility
2
Fire blight
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
3
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
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
10
United States
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1750 - 1799
1800 - 1849
1
1850 - 1899
2
1900 - 1949
1
1950 - 1999
4
2000
3
Flowering month
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
December
Blossom colour
White
4
Cream
Pink - light
4
Pink
Pink - dark
Red - dark
Crimson
Magenta
Yellow
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
Brown
Crimson
Gold
Green
Green - light
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
Orange / Red
2
Orange flush
5
Pink
Purple
Purple - light
Red
1
Red - dark
Red / Black
Red / Green
Red striped
Russet
2
Varigated
Yellow
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
White
Flesh colour
White
1
Cream
1
Golden / Yellow
Orange
Pink / Red
Dark red
Light green / Yellow
Awards
RHS AGM (current)
5
RHS AGM (former)
RHS AM
RHS 1st class
RHS Plant of the Year
Slow Food - Ark of Taste
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Varieties list
Braeburn
Braeburn is one of the best-flavoured supermarket apple varieties.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: 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
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
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
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
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
Little Pax
TM
A new English apple variety, recently discovered on the Isle of Wight - but its appearance and flavour hark back to the Victorian era.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not 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
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
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