Self-fertile apple varieties

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•   Fertility - Self-fertile

• Using
• Growing
• Disease resistance
• Climate
• Identification
• Stock

Gardening skill

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Suitable for beginners5
Average3
Some needed1

Fruit tree categories

Almond trees2
Apple trees9
Apricot trees9
Cherry trees9
Cider apple trees1
Crab apple trees26
Damson trees6
Fig trees4
Inter-specific fruit trees3
Medlar trees4
Mulberry trees5
Nectarine trees3
Peach trees7
Pear trees3
Plum trees18
Quince trees4
Saskatoon bushes3
Walnut trees2

Stock availabilitytop

Tree form

1-year9
2-year5
2-year bush-trained4
Half standard5
Standard 1.75m1
Cordon5
Fan-trained1
Spindle-bush4

Supplied as

Bare-root9
Pot-grown7

Height after 10 years

Small (dwarf)6
Medium (semi-dwarf)6
Large (semi-vigorous)9
Full-size (standard)1

Rootstock

M1164
M251
M266
M96
MM1069
MM1112

Usingtop

Picking season

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Very early
Early2
Mid3
Late2
Very late2

Keeping

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Does not keep
1-3 days
1 week2
2-3 weeks3
1-2 months2
3 months or more2

Uses

Good for eating fresh8
Good for cooking3
Good for juice4
Good for cider

Cooking result

Puree1
Textured puree
Keeps shape1

Growingtop

Planting position

Full sun essential2
Full sun preferred6
Tolerates partial shade1
Tolerates north-facing shade

Flowering group

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1
22
36
41
5
6

Self-fertility

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Self-fertile9
Partially self-fertile21
Not self-fertile54

Ploidy

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Diploid9

Pollinating others

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Good1
Average8
Poor

Vigour

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Weak growing1
Slightly small2
Average growth6
Slightly large
Large
Very large

Precocity

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Precocious5
Slow to start bearing

Cropping

Heavy5
Good3
Light1

Fruit bearing

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Spur-bearer7
Free-spurring
Partial tip-bearer2
Tip-bearer

Fruit persistence

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Normal ripening8
Fruit drops when ripe
Ripens over a period
Persistent

Bearing regularity

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Regular7
Biennial tendency2

Climatetop

Blossom frost-resistance

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Good resistance3
Some resistance
Susceptible2

Can be grown in

Temperate climates7
Mild / damp climates4
Warm climates2

Disease resistancetop

General resistance

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Good5
Average3
Poor1

Suitable for organic

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Organic / no-spray culture3

Canker

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Very resistant
Some resistance2
Neutral
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible1

Scab

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Very resistant2
Some resistance3
Neutral
Some susceptibility3
Very susceptible1

Mildew

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Very resistant
Some resistance1
Neutral
Some susceptibility3
Very susceptible

Silverleaf

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Very resistant
Some resistance
Neutral
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible

Fruit identificationtop

Country of origin

Australia1
New Zealand1
United Kingdom7

Period of origin

1500 - 1549
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1750 - 1799
1800 - 18491
1850 - 18991
1900 - 19492
1950 - 19995
2000

Fruit colour

Green1
Green / Red1
Orange / Red1
Orange flush2
Red4

• Apple trees
  

  Braeburn

  Braeburn is one of the best-flavoured supermarket apple varieties.  compare
  From £18.95 to £55.95
  Flowering: 4self-fertile

  Pick: Very late-season

  Uses: Eating 
• Apple trees
  

  Cox's Orange Pippin  Best seller

  Cox is widely acknowledged as having the best flavour of any apple variety.  compare
  From £18.95 to £55.95
  Flowering: 3self-fertile

  Pick: Mid-season

  Uses: Eating | Cooking | Juice 
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  Granny Smith

  Granny Smith is the world-famous green apple from Australia, a good choice for warmer apple-growing regions.  compare
  From £18.95 to £31.50
  Flowering: 3self-fertile

  Pick: Very late-season

  Uses: Eating | Cooking 
• Apple trees
  

  Red Devil  Best seller

  Red Devil is a good apple variety for the UK garden, and produces a sweet red-tinted juice.  compare
  From £18.95 to £55.95
  Flowering: 3self-fertile

  Pick: Mid-season

  Uses: Eating | Juice 
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  Red Falstaff®  Best seller

  Red Falstaff is one of the best garden apple trees, heavy crops, easy to grow, and very juicy.  compare
  From £18.95 to £55.95
  Flowering: 3self-fertile

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Eating | Juice 
• Apple trees
  

  Red Windsor®  Best seller

  Red Windsor is one of the easiest to grow of all dessert apple trees, and with a pleasant apple flavour.  compare
  From £18.95 to £55.95
  Flowering: 2self-fertile

  Pick: Mid-season

  Uses: Eating 
• Apple trees
  

  Reverend W. Wilks

  A widely-grown and well-regarded English cooking apple.  compare
  From £18.95 to £31.50
  Flowering: 2self-fertile

  Pick: Early-season

  Uses: Cooking 
• Apple trees
  

  Scrumptious®  Best seller

  Scumptious is a modern award-winning early-season English dessert apple.  compare
  From £18.95 to £55.95
  Flowering: 3self-fertile

  Pick: Early-season

  Uses: Eating 
• Apple trees
  

  Sunset  Best seller

  Sunset is a popular garden alternative to Cox, easier to grow, with a sweet aromatic flavour.  compare
  From £18.95 to £55.95
  Flowering: 3self-fertile

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Eating | Juice