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Disease-resistant apple varieties
Traditional apple varieties with good disease-resistance and modern disease-resistant varieties.
10 varieties
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Disease resistance
- Good
Self-fertility
- Partially self-fertile
Category
- Apple trees
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Categories
Apples
10
Mid-season eating apples
4
Cooking apples
5
Cherry plums
3
Cherries
1
Sweet cherries
1
Crab apples
2
Mirabelles
3
Peaches
1
Plums
6
Eating plums
4
Cooking plums
2
Dual-purpose plums
1
Stock availability
All
10
In stock
9
Not in stock
1
Form
1-year
8
1-year bush-trained
2-year
2
2-year bush-trained
6
Spindlebush
2-year half-standard
Premium half-standard
2-year top-worked
2-year (1.75m)
2
Cordon-trained
Premium cordon
Each
Mature size
Very small
1
Small
1
Medium
3
Large
8
Very large
2
N/A
Rootstocks
M27
1
?
M9
1
?
M26
3
?
MM106
8
?
M25
2
?
Supplied as
Bare-root
9
12L pot
3
11.5L pot
1
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
7
Average
3
Experienced
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
4
Partially self-fertile
10
Not self-fertile
34
Flowering group
?
1
2
4
3
4
4
2
5
6
Pollinating others
?
Good
2
Average
7
Poor
1
Ploidy
?
Diploid
8
Triploid
Tetraploid
Quintaploid
Octoploid
Universal pollinator
?
Yes
No
Fruit bearing
?
Spur-bearer
7
Free-spurring
Partial tip-bearer
3
Tip-bearer
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
10
Mild damp climates
7
Warm climates
1
Wildlife
Attractive to birds
RHS Plants for Pollinators
10
Melliferous
Using
Picking month
June
July
August
September
1
October
November
Picking season
?
Very early
1
Early
2
Mid
5
Late
2
Very late
Cropping
?
Heavy
6
Good
4
Light
Keeping (of fruit)
?
Does not keep
1-3 days
1
1 week
4
2-3 weeks
3
1-2 months
3 months or more
2
Food uses
Eating fresh
5
Culinary
5
Traditional cooker
4
Dual purpose
Juice
7
Hard cider
1
Drying
Edible fruits
Not suitable for humans
Flavour style (apples)
Sweet/Sharp
1
Sharper
5
Sweeter
3
Aromatic
1
Vinous
Cooking result
Puree
3
Textured puree
1
Keeps shape
1
Juice style
Sweeter
Sharper
1
Sweet (cider)
Sharp (cider)
Bittersweet (cider)
Bittersharp (cider)
Cling-stone
Freestone
Semi-freestone
Clingstone
Problems
Disease resistance
?
Good
10
Average
11
Poor
1
Scab
?
Very resistant
4
Some resistance
1
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Canker
Very resistant
Some resistance
2
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Mildew
?
Very resistant
Some resistance
3
Some susceptibility
1
Bacterial canker
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Silverleaf
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Peach leaf curl
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Fruit splitting
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Identification
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
Canada
China
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
Germany
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
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
1
1700 - 1749
1750 - 1799
1800 - 1849
3
1850 - 1899
3
1900 - 1949
1
1950 - 1999
2
2000
Flowering month
January
February
March
April
May
June
December
Blossom colour
White
4
Cream
Pink - light
3
Pink
Pink - dark
Red - dark
Crimson
1
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
Bronze
Brown
Crimson
Gold
Green
3
Green - light
1
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
Orange / Red
Orange flush
2
Pink
Purple
Purple - light
Red
1
Red - dark
Red / Black
Red / Green
1
Red striped
Russet
1
Varigated
Yellow
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
White
Fruit size
Very small
Small
Average
Large
1
Very large
Flesh colour
White
1
Cream
Golden / Yellow
Orange
Pink / Red
Dark red
Awards
RHS AGM (current)
5
RHS AGM (former)
RHS AM
RHS 1st class
Slow Food - Ark of Taste
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Varieties list
Apple trees
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
Apple trees
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
Apple trees
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
Apple trees
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
Apple trees
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
Apple trees
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
Apple trees
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
Apple trees
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
Apple trees
Saturn
An attractive modern English apple, crisp flesh and an excellent flavour.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
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