Cooking apples

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•   Good for cooking

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

Gardening skill

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Suitable for beginners11
Average25
Some needed4

Fruit tree categories

Almond trees2
Apple trees40
Apricot trees12
Cherry trees1
Cider apple trees2
Crab apple trees10
Damson trees7
Fig trees4
Hazel trees6
Medlar trees3
Mirabelle trees6
Mulberry trees4
Peach trees2
Pear trees8
Plum trees24
Quince trees6
Saskatoon bushes2
Walnut trees5

Stock availabilitytop

Tree form

1-year34
2-year2
2-year bush-trained27
Patio-trained9
Half standard13
Standard 1.75m12
Cordon6
Fan-trained7
Espalier-trained8

Supplied as

Bare-root36
Pot-grown24

Height after 10 years

Small (dwarf)16
Medium (semi-dwarf)15
Large (semi-vigorous)33
Full-size (standard)13

Rootstock

M1168
M2513
M2615
M279
M914
MM10633

Usingtop

Picking season

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Very early
Early6
Mid9
Late23
Very late2

Keeping

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Does not keep
1-3 days
1 week4
2-3 weeks8
1-2 months13
3 months or more15

Uses

Good for eating fresh22
Good for cooking40
Good for juice21
Good for cider7

Cooking result

Puree12
Textured puree2
Keeps shape13

Growingtop

Planting position

Full sun essential1
Full sun preferred25
Tolerates partial shade11
Tolerates north-facing shade2

Flowering group

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1
26
320
413
51
6

Self-fertility

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Self-fertile4
Partially self-fertile10
Not self-fertile26

Ploidy

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Diploid28
Triploid11
Other1

Pollinating others

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Good7
Average18
Poor14

Vigour

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Weak growing3
Slightly small2
Average growth21
Slightly large3
Large9
Very large2

Precocity

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Precocious6
Slow to start bearing2

Cropping

Heavy14
Good20
Light4

Fruit bearing

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Spur-bearer29
Free-spurring2
Partial tip-bearer7
Tip-bearer1

Fruit persistence

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Normal ripening23
Fruit drops when ripe3
Ripens over a period
Persistent

Bearing regularity

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Regular32
Biennial tendency7

Climatetop

Blossom frost-resistance

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Good resistance6
Some resistance2
Susceptible8

Can be grown in

Temperate climates38
Mild / damp climates20
Warm climates8

Disease resistancetop

General resistance

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Good21
Average10
Poor4

Suitable for organic

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Organic / no-spray culture11

Canker

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Very resistant1
Some resistance5
Neutral
Some susceptibility4
Very susceptible1

Scab

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Very resistant8
Some resistance9
Neutral
Some susceptibility7
Very susceptible2

Mildew

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Very resistant1
Some resistance7
Neutral
Some susceptibility5
Very susceptible

Silverleaf

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Very resistant
Some resistance
Neutral
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible

Fruit identificationtop

Country of origin

Australia1
France 2
Germany 1
Japan1
Sweden 1
United Kingdom32
United States2

Period of origin

1500 - 1549
1550 - 1599
1600 - 16491
1650 - 1699
1700 - 17492
1750 - 17992
1800 - 184910
1850 - 189912
1900 - 19497
1950 - 19994
20002

Fruit colour

Green8
Green - light3
Green / Red5
Green / Yellow1
Orange / Red4
Orange flush12
Red2
Red / Green1
Russet1
Yellow / Red1

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  Annie Elizabeth

  A traditional English cooking apple, with a sweet flavour, which keeps its shape when cooked.  compare
  From £18.95 to £27.45
  Flowering: 4partly self-fertile

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Cooking 
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  Arthur Turner

  A mid-season cooking apple, producing a light yellow puree. Very attractive blossom.  compare
  From £18.45 to £26.95
  Flowering: 3

  Pick: Mid-season

  Uses: Cooking 
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  Ballerina Samba®

  One of the best-flavoured Ballerina minarette-type apple varieties.  compare
  From £18.45 to £30.95
  Flowering: 3

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Eating | Cooking | Juice 
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  Bardsey

  A hardy disease-resistant apple, discovered growing on an island off the west coast of Wales.  compare
  From £18.45 to £30.95
  Flowering: 2

  Pick: Early-season

  Uses: Eating | Cooking | Juice 
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  Barnack Beauty

  A handsome traditional English apple from the village of Barnack near Stamford.  compare
  Flowering: 4

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Eating | Cooking 
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  Blenheim Orange

  Blenheim Orange is a classic English dual-purpose apple, useful for dessert and culinary purposes.  compare
  From £18.45 to £35.95
  Flowering: 3(triploid)

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Eating | Cooking 
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  Bloody Ploughman

  An old Scottish apple variety, named for the crimson-red colour of its skin and stained flesh.  compare
  From £18.45 to £30.95
  Flowering: 4

  Pick: Mid-season

  Uses: Cooking | Juice | Cider
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  Bountiful

  Bountiful is an easy-to-grow cooking apple, it retains its shape when cooked, fairly sweet for a cooker.  compare
  From £18.45 to £55.00
  Flowering: 2

  Pick: Mid-season

  Uses: Cooking 
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  Bramley 20  Best seller

  Bramley 20 is a naturally smaller version of Bramley's Seedling (the apples are the same size though).  compare
  From £18.45 to £55.00
  Flowering: 3(triploid)

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Cooking | Juice | Cider
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  Bramley's Seedling  Best seller

  Bramley is the essential English cooking apple, famous for its rich sharp acidity.  compare
  From £18.45 to £55.95
  Flowering: 3(triploid)

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Cooking | Juice | Cider
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  Carlisle Codlin

  A traditional mid-season culinary apple which cooks to a white puree.  compare
  Flowering: 2

  Pick: Mid-season

  Uses: Cooking | Juice 
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  Charles Ross

  Charles Ross is a very attractive classic English dual-purpose apple.  compare
  From £18.45 to £30.95
  Flowering: 3

  Pick: Mid-season

  Uses: Eating | Cooking 
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  Cox's Orange Pippin  Best seller

  Cox is widely acknowledged as having the best flavour of any apple variety.  compare
  From £18.45 to £55.00
  Flowering: 3self-fertile

  Pick: Mid-season

  Uses: Eating | Cooking | Juice 
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  Crispin (Mutsu)

  Crispin (or Mutsu) is a high quality apple from Japan, with a good flavour, and also sharp enough for cooking.  compare
  Flowering: 3(triploid)

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Eating | Cooking | Juice 
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  D'Arcy Spice

  An old English apple variety, yet with a unique flavour and many unusual qualities.  compare
  From £18.95
  Flowering: 4partly self-fertile

  Pick: Very late-season

  Uses: Eating | Cooking | Juice 
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  Galloway Pippin

  A traditional Scottish cooking apple which keeps its shape when cooked.  compare
  From £18.45 to £30.95
  Flowering: 3(triploid)

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Eating | Cooking 
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  Golden Delicious

  The flavour of home-grown Golden Delicious is far better than its supermarket reputation.  compare
  From £18.45 to £55.00
  Flowering: 4partly self-fertile

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Eating | Cooking 
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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 £18.45 to £30.95
  Flowering: 3self-fertile

  Pick: Very late-season

  Uses: Eating | Cooking 
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  Grenadier

  Grenadier is an early-season cooking apple, and one of the most foolproof apple varieties.  compare
  From £18.45 to £30.95
  Flowering: 3partly self-fertile

  Pick: Early-season

  Uses: Cooking | Juice 
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  Howgate Wonder

  Howgate Wonder is a large cooking apple which keeps well. Produces an excellent sharp juice.  compare
  From £18.45 to £30.95
  Flowering: 3partly self-fertile

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Cooking | Juice 
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  Isaac Newton

  Also known as Flower of Kent, this is the variety the famous scientist sat under.  compare
  From £18.95
  Flowering: 5

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Cooking 
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  James Grieve  Best seller

  James Grieve is the classic Scottish cooking apple. It can also be eaten fresh, and is excellent for juice.  compare
  From £18.45 to £55.00
  Flowering: 3partly self-fertile

  Pick: Mid-season

  Uses: Eating | Cooking | Juice | Cider
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  Jonagold

  Jonagold is a high quality American apple, with a good balanced sweet/sharp flavor.  compare
  From £18.45 to £27.95
  Flowering: 4(triploid)

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Eating | Cooking | Juice | Cider
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  Jumbo

  A dual-purpose apple, named for the exceptionally large size of its fruits.  compare
  From £30.95
  Flowering: 3(triploid)

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Eating | Cooking 
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  Katy  Best seller

  Katy is an attractive and versatile early apple variety from Sweden, very easy to grow.  compare
  From £18.45 to £55.00
  Flowering: 3

  Pick: Early-season

  Uses: Eating | Cooking | Juice | Cider
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  Keswick Codlin

  Keswick Codlin is a popular early-season cooking apple, easy to grow, and productive in most climates.  compare
  From £18.45 to £30.95
  Flowering: 2partly self-fertile

  Pick: Early-season

  Uses: Cooking | Juice 
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  King of the Pippins

  A popular and versatile dual-purpose apple, widely grown in the Victorian era.  compare
  From £18.45 to £29.95
  Flowering: 4partly self-fertile

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Eating | Cooking | Juice | Cider
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  Lady Henniker

  A well-regarded Victorian dual-purpose apple, easy to grow.  compare
  From £18.45
  Flowering: 4(triploid)

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Eating | Cooking 
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  Lane's Prince Albert

  A classic Victorian cooking apple. Plenty of juicy acidity and stores well.  compare
  From £18.45
  Flowering: 4

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Cooking | Juice 
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  Lord Derby

  Lord Derby is a high-quality mid/late-season traditional English cooking apple, cooks to a chunky puree.  compare
  From £18.45 to £30.95
  Flowering: 4

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Cooking | Juice 
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  Lord Hindlip

  A late-Victorian era English apple, and one of the longest-keepers.  compare
  From £29.95
  Flowering: 3

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Eating | Cooking 
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  Newton Wonder

  A traditional English cooking apple, a good alternative to Bramley.  compare
  From £18.45 to £30.95
  Flowering: 4partly self-fertile

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Cooking 
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  Orleans Reinette

  Orleans Reinette is a traditional French apple variety, and remains popular for its old-fashioned flavour.  compare
  From £18.45
  Flowering: 4(triploid)

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Eating | Cooking 
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  Peasgood's Nonsuch

  Peasgood Nonsuch is a highly-regarded old-fashioned English cooking apple.  compare
  From £18.45 to £29.95
  Flowering: 3partly self-fertile

  Pick: Mid-season

  Uses: Cooking | Juice 
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  Queen Cox

  A modern self-fertile form of the renowned Cox's Orange Pippin, with arguably even better flavour.  compare
  From £26.95
  Flowering: 3self-fertile

  Pick: Mid-season

  Uses: Eating | Cooking | Juice 
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  Reverend W. Wilks

  A widely-grown and well-regarded English cooking apple.  compare
  From £18.45 to £30.95
  Flowering: 2self-fertile

  Pick: Early-season

  Uses: Cooking 
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  Ribston Pippin

  A handsome English apple from the 18th century.  compare
  From £18.45 to £29.95
  Flowering: 3(triploid)

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Eating | Cooking 
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  Scotch Bridget

  A popular Scottish cooking apple, well-suited to damp wet conditions.  compare
  From £18.45 to £30.95
  Flowering: 3(triploid)

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Cooking 
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  Scotch Dumpling

  Scotch Dumpling is a large Scottish cooking apple. Cooks to a frothy puree with a good flavour.  compare
  From £18.45 to £30.95
  Flowering: 2

  Pick: Early-season

  Uses: Cooking 
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  Tickled Pink®

  A new red-fleshed apple variety, with attractive crimson blossom, also known as Baya® Marisa.  compare
  From £18.95 to £55.00
  Flowering: 4

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Eating | Cooking | Juice