Cooking apples

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• Growing
• Disease resistance
• Climate
• Identification
• Stock

Gardening skill

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Suitable for beginners12
Average36
Some needed4

Fruit tree categories

Almond trees2
Apple trees53
Apricot trees11
Cherry trees1
Cider apple trees2
Crab apple trees10
Damson trees10
Fig trees1
Hazel trees6
Medlar trees3
Mirabelle trees6
Mulberry trees3
Peach trees1
Pear trees9
Plum trees26
Quince trees6
Saskatoon bushes1
Walnut trees5

Stock availabilitytop

Tree form

1-year34
2-year1
2-year bush-trained27
Patio-trained10
Half standard10
Standard 1.75m11
Cordon6
Fan-trained8
Espalier-trained6

Supplied as

Bare-root36
Pot-grown24

Height after 10 years

Small (dwarf)12
Medium (semi-dwarf)16
Large (semi-vigorous)33
Full-size (standard)12

Rootstock

M1167
M2512
M2616
M2710
M98
MM10632
own-roots9

Usingtop

Picking season

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Very early
Early7
Mid11
Late33
Very late2

Keeping

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Does not keep
1-3 days
1 week4
2-3 weeks10
1-2 months16
3 months or more23

Uses

Good for eating fresh27
Good for cooking53
Good for juice29
Good for cider11

Cooking result

Puree18
Textured puree3
Keeps shape14

Growingtop

Planting position

Full sun essential1
Full sun preferred35
Tolerates partial shade12
Tolerates north-facing shade3

Flowering group

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11
28
326
415
52
61

Self-fertility

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Self-fertile6
Partially self-fertile11
Not self-fertile36

Ploidy

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Diploid39
Triploid13
Other1

Pollinating others

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Good8
Average29
Poor15

Vigour

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Weak growing3
Slightly small4
Average growth29
Slightly large3
Large11
Very large2

Precocity

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Precocious12
Slow to start bearing3

Cropping

Heavy20
Good27
Light4

Fruit bearing

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Spur-bearer39
Free-spurring2
Partial tip-bearer7
Tip-bearer2

Fruit persistence

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Normal ripening25
Fruit drops when ripe3
Ripens over a period2
Persistent

Bearing regularity

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Regular44
Biennial tendency8

Climatetop

Blossom frost-resistance

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Good resistance9
Some resistance3
Susceptible9

Can be grown in

Temperate climates50
Mild / damp climates29
Warm climates7

Disease resistancetop

General resistance

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Good27
Average16
Poor4

Suitable for organic

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Organic / no-spray culture15

Canker

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Very resistant1
Some resistance8
Neutral
Some susceptibility4
Very susceptible1

Scab

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Very resistant12
Some resistance12
Neutral
Some susceptibility9
Very susceptible2

Mildew

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Very resistant1
Some resistance8
Neutral
Some susceptibility6
Very susceptible1

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 Kingdom42
United States4

Period of origin

1500 - 1549
1550 - 1599
1600 - 16493
1650 - 1699
1700 - 17493
1750 - 17993
1800 - 184914
1850 - 189914
1900 - 19498
1950 - 19994
20002

Fruit colour

Green9
Green - light5
Green / Red5
Green / Yellow4
Orange / Red4
Orange flush13
Red3
Red / Green1
Russet3
Yellow / Orange1
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 £17.45 to £26.45
  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 £17.45 to £26.45
  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 £18.95 to £29.95
  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 £17.45 to £29.95
  Flowering: 2

  Pick: Mid-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 £17.45 to £34.95
  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 £17.45 to £29.95
  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 £17.45 to £54.95
  Flowering: 2

  Pick: Mid-season

  Uses: Cooking 
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  Bramley 20

  Bramley 20 is a naturally smaller version of Bramley's Seedling (the apples are the same size though).  compare
  From £17.45 to £54.95
  Flowering: 3(triploid)

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Cooking | Juice | Cider
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  Bramley's Seedling

  Bramley is the essential English cooking apple, famous for its rich sharp acidity.  compare
  From £17.45 to £34.95
  Flowering: 3(triploid)

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Cooking | Juice | Cider
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  Brownlees Russet

  A versatile traditional Victorian russet apple which remains quietly popular.  compare
  From £17.45
  Flowering: 3self-fertile

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Eating | Cooking | Juice 
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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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  Catshead

  A well-known and very old English cooking apple, cooks to a sharp tangy puree.  compare
  Flowering: 3(triploid)

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Cooking | Juice 
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  Charles Ross

  Charles Ross is a very attractive classic English dual-purpose apple.  compare
  From £17.45 to £30.95
  Flowering: 3

  Pick: Mid-season

  Uses: Eating | Cooking 
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  Cox's Orange Pippin

  Cox is widely acknowledged as having the best flavour of any apple variety.  compare
  From £17.45 to £54.95
  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 £21.00
  Flowering: 4partly self-fertile

  Pick: Very late-season

  Uses: Eating | Cooking | Juice 
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  Dumelow's Seedling

  An traditional English cooking apple, with a very rich sharp flavour. One of our favourite cookers.  compare
  Flowering: 4

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Cooking | Juice 
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  Early Victoria

  An early-season cooking apple from Cambridgeshire, often used for jam-making, and easy to grow.  compare
  Flowering: 3partly self-fertile

  Pick: Early-season

  Uses: Cooking 
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  Edward VII

  A trouble-free traditional English cooker, naturally disease-resistant.  compare
  Flowering: 6

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Cooking 
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  Galloway Pippin

  A traditional Scottish cooking apple which keeps its shape when cooked.  compare
  From £17.45 to £29.95
  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 £17.45 to £54.95
  Flowering: 4partly self-fertile

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Eating | Cooking 
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  Golden Noble

  A traditional English cooker, popular in Victorian times, and an attractive tree for the garden.  compare
  Flowering: 5

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Cooking | Juice 
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  Golden Pippin

  One of the oldest English apples, used for cooking and eating, with a fruity lemony flavour.  compare
  Flowering: 3

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Eating | Cooking | Juice | Cider
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  Golden Russet

  Golden Russet is an antique apple from New York, considered the best-flavored of American russets.  compare
  Flowering: 2

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Eating | Cooking | Juice | Cider
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  Golden Spire

  A traditional English cooking apple, known for its fruity sharp flavour.  compare
  Flowering: 1self-fertile

  Pick: Mid-season

  Uses: Cooking | Juice | Cider
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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 £29.95
  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 £17.45 to £29.95
  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 £17.45 to £54.95
  Flowering: 3partly self-fertile

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Cooking | Juice 
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  Idared

  Idared is a popular late-season apple variety, notable for its excellent keeping qualities.  compare
  Flowering: 2

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Eating | 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 £17.45
  Flowering: 5

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Cooking 
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  James Grieve

  James Grieve is the classic Scottish cooking apple. It can also be eaten fresh, and is excellent for juice.  compare
  From £17.45 to £54.95
  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 £17.45 to £19.45
  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

  Katy is an attractive and versatile early apple variety from Sweden, very easy to grow.  compare
  From £17.45 to £54.95
  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 £17.45 to £29.95
  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 £17.45 to £27.95
  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 £18.95
  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 £17.45
  Flowering: 4

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Cooking | Juice 
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  Lemon Pippin

  A very old English apple with a unique lemon-like flavour.  compare
  Flowering: 4

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Eating | Cooking 
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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 £17.45 to £29.95
  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 £27.95
  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 £17.45 to £29.95
  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 £17.45
  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 £17.45 to £27.95
  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 £24.95
  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 £17.45 to £29.95
  Flowering: 2self-fertile

  Pick: Early-season

  Uses: Cooking 
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  Ribston Pippin

  A handsome English apple from the 18th century.  compare
  From £17.45 to £27.95
  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 £17.45 to £29.95
  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 £17.45 to £29.95
  Flowering: 2

  Pick: Early-season

  Uses: Cooking 
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  Sops of Wine

  A very old English culinary and cider apple, named for its red-stained flesh.  compare
  Flowering: 3

  Pick: Early-season

  Uses: Cooking | Cider
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  Tickled Pink®

  A new red-fleshed apple variety, with attractive crimson blossom, also known as Baya® Marisa.  compare
  From £17.95 to £54.95
  Flowering: 4

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Eating | Cooking | Juice 
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  Yorkshire Greening

  A traditional northern cooking apple, with a very good sharp flavour, and easy to grow.  compare
  Flowering: 3(triploid)

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Cooking