Charles Ross is a large versatile English apple. It can be eaten fresh, and has a sweet Cox-style flavour. It is also a good baking apple, and useful for apple tarts because slices keep their shape when cooked.
Charles Ross is a mid-season variety, and also keeps fairly well, although the flavour fades in storage.
The large apples are very attractive, and look great in a fruit bowl - indeed this is one of the prettiest Cox-style apples.
All pot-grown trees are suitable for planting out in the garden, some are suitable for growing in containers.
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Charles Ross is an excellent garden apple variety. It is easy to grow and has some natural disease resistance.
This is also a good variety if you have chalky soil, as it is more tolerant of alkaline conditions than most apple trees.
Note that in the early years Charles Ross is a weak grower and is unlikely to produce many shoots, therefore keep pruning to a minimum until the tree has become well established.
Charles Ross was raised by Mr Charles Ross, who worked at Welford Park Gardens near Newbury, Berkshire, UK in the 1890s.
It is a cross between Cox's Orange Pippin and Peasgood Nonsuch.
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This variety description was researched and written by Orange Pippin staff. Last checked: 2024.