Arthur Turner apple trees
Malus domestica - Picking season: Mid
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
- Awards: RHS AGM (current) 1993
Arthur Turner is a mid-season English cooking apple, primarily used for baking. It cooks to a sweet yellow puree.
Arthur Turner also has probably the finest blossom display of any apple variety, almost rivalling crab-apples with the intensity of flowers.
Arthur Turner apple trees for sale
Bare-root
BR11-year bare-root treeM9 rootstock£34.95
Small tree
(1.5m-2.5m after 10 years)
BR21-year bare-root treeMM106 rootstock£34.95
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
BR32-year bush-trained bare-root treeMM106 rootstock£43.00
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
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Delivery charges
Delivery for a single tree starts at £9.95, it is calculated based on your postcode.
Growing and Training
Arthur Turner is a reliable garden apple variety, needing minimum attention.
Recommended pollinators for Arthur Turner apple trees
Arthur Turner is not self-fertile, so you will need another different but compatible variety planted nearby in order to produce fruit.
The following varieties are good pollinators for Arthur Turner.
If you are not sure about pollination requirements don't hesitate to ask us.
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ButterballMalus Butterball is named for its bright yellow fruits, which are also good for crab apple jelly.
EveresteEvereste is one of the most well-known crab-apples, featuring white blossom and red-yellow fruits.
FiestaFiesta (or Red Pippin) is one of the best Cox-style apples, easy to grow, with a good aromatic flavour.
GorgeousMalus Gorgeous has pink/white blossom and spherical cherry-like red fruits which are good for jelly.
GreensleevesGreensleeves is a reliable and popular mid-season green/yellow apple, easy to grow and productive.
James GrieveJames Grieve is the classic Scottish dual-purpose apple. It can be eaten fresh, and is also excellent for juicing and cooking.
KatyKaty is an attractive and versatile early apple variety from Sweden, very easy to grow.
Red DevilRed Devil is a good apple variety for the UK garden, and produces a sweet red-tinted juice.
History
Arthur Turner was raised in the early 20th century by Mr Charles Turner of Slough. Its parentage is not known.
Arthur Turner characteristics
- Gardening skillBeginner
- Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
- Flowering group3
- Pollinating othersAverage
- Fruit bearingFree-spurring
- Climate suitabilityTemperate climates
- Picking seasonMid
- CroppingHeavy
- Keeping (of fruit)2-3 weeks
- Food usesCulinary
- Country of originUnited Kingdom
- Period of origin1900 - 1949
- Blossom colourPink - light
- Fruit colourGreen - light
- AwardsRHS AGM (current)
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More about apple trees
There is no doubt that the famous Bramley's Seedling still rightly reigns supreme. Characterised by its copious rich juicy acidity it quickly renders to stiff puree in the kitchen, and is the benchmark for English apple cookery. However we have noticed a real resurgence in interest in the humble cooking apple in recent years, with cooks looking beyond Bramley for other qualities and textures.
Look out for cooking apples which ripen earlier than Bramley, such as Grenadier or Keswick Codlin.
Scotland also has a strong tradition of cooking apples - Galloway Pippin, Scotch Bridget, Scotch Dumpling for example. This also illustrates another useful quality of cooking apples - they can be productive even in climates where grey skies and rain are more frequent than sun and blue skies.
Many cooking apples are also great for juicing, especially if you like your apple juice to have a bit of an acidic kick.
