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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
Admiration
Also known as Malus Adirondack. A dwarf upright crab-apple with masses of light-pink / white flowers.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Red
- Blossom colour: Pink - light
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Annie Elizabeth
A traditional English cooking apple, with a sweet flavour, which keeps its shape when cooked.
- Picking season: Late
- Flowering group: 4
- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Arthur Turner
A mid-season cooking apple, producing a light yellow puree. Very attractive blossom.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Picking season: Mid
- 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
Beauty of Bath
One of the earliest English apples, ripening in early August.
- Picking season: Very early
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Black Dabinett
Black Dabinett is darker-skinned sport of Dabinett, but otherwise very similar to the original.
- Picking season: Very late
- Flowering group: 6
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Bladon PippinTM
A new Cox-style apple variety, but with a sweeter flavour - discovered as a chance seedling in the village of Bladon.
- Picking season: Mid
- 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
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
Bountiful
Bountiful is an easy-to-grow cooking apple, it retains its shape when cooked, fairly sweet for a cooker.
- Picking season: Mid
- Flowering group: 2
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Braeburn
Braeburn is one of the best-flavoured supermarket apple varieties.
- Picking season: Very late
- Flowering group: 4
- Self-fertility: 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
Bright Future
An excellent late-season English apple with a very good sweet/sharp flavour and crisp hard flesh.
- 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
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
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
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
Core BlimeyTM
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
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
Coul Blush
Coul Blush is an early-season dual-purpose apple from Scotland.
- Picking season: Early
- Flowering group: 2
- 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
Crimson Cascade
A new weeping crab-apple with dusky pink blossom and small dark red fruitlets.
- Fruit colour: Red - dark
- Blossom colour: Crimson
- Self-fertility: 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
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
Dunkerton's Late
Dunkerton's Late is a traditional cider variety, producing a light sweet cider.
- Picking season: Very late
- 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
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
Ellison's Orange
Ellison's Orange is a well respected Cox-style apple which can achieve very good flavour.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Picking season: Mid
- Flowering group: 4
- 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
Galloway Pippin
A traditional Scottish cooking apple which keeps its shape when cooked.
- Picking season: Late
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Awards: RHS 1st class
Golden Delicious
The flavour of home-grown Golden Delicious is far better than its supermarket reputation.
- Picking season: Late
- Flowering group: 4
- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
- Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Granny Smith
Granny Smith is the world-famous green apple from Australia, a good choice for warmer apple-growing regions.
- Picking season: Very late
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertility: 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
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
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
Honeycrisp
Honeycrisp is an American cold-hardy disease-resistant apple - it shows just how good modern apples have become.
- Picking season: Late
- Flowering group: 4
- 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
Irish Peach
Irish Peach is a popular early season apple, ripening in July / August. It is easy to grow and low maintenance.
- Picking season: Very early
- Flowering group: 2
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Isaac Newton's Tree
Also known as Flower of Kent, this is the variety the famous scientist Sir Isaac Newton sat under.
- Picking season: Late
- Flowering group: 5
- Self-fertility: Not 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
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
Jupiter
Jupiter is a popular Cox-style apple with a slightly stronger flavour.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- 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
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
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
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
Laura
Malus Laura is a very upright dwarf crab-apple, with bronze leaves, crimson blossom and maroon fruitlets.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Blossom colour: Crimson
- Self-fertility: 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
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
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
Little PaxTM
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
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
Melrose
Melrose is a well-regarded American apple, with a pleasant sweet flavour.
- Picking season: Late
- Flowering group: 3
- 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
Orleans Reinette
Orleans Reinette is a traditional French apple variety, and remains popular for its old-fashioned flavour.
- Picking season: Late
- Flowering group: 4
- 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
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
Pixie
Pixie produces lots of small Cox-style apples, easy to grow and keep well.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Picking season: Late
- Flowering group: 4
- 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 RealmTM
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®
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
Reverend W. Wilks
A widely-grown and well-regarded English cooking apple.
- Picking season: Early
- Flowering group: 2
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Ribston Pippin
A handsome English apple from the 18th century.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Picking season: Late
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertility: Not 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
RosetteTM
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
Scarlett
Malus toringo Scarlett is an ornamental crab apple with bronze leaves, dusky pink blossom, and dark red fruitlets.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Purple
- Blossom colour: Pink
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Scotch Bridget
A popular Scottish cooking apple, well-suited to damp wet conditions.
- Picking season: Late
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Scotch Dumpling
Scotch Dumpling is a large Scottish cooking apple. Cooks to a frothy puree with a good flavour.
- 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
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
Stirling Castle
A traditional Scottish cooker from the Victorian era, with a good sharp flavour.
- Picking season: Mid
- Flowering group: 2
- 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
SurprizeTM
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
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
Warner's King
An 18th century English cooker which remains popular. Cooks to a sharp-flavoured puree.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Picking season: Late
- Flowering group: 2
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
William Crump
A little-known high quality English apple, related to Cox and Worcester Pearmain.
- Picking season: Late
- Flowering group: 3
- 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
Yellow Ingestrie
One of the prettiest of all apples, perfect for a table display, with a rich fruity flavour.
- Picking season: Mid
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile

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