Cooking apples
Cooking apples are usually large, easy to grow, and with the strong sharp flavours needed for culinary uses.
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A traditional English cooking apple, with a sweet flavour, which keeps its shape when cooked.
- Picking season: Late
- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
- Flowering group: 4
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A mid-season cooking apple, producing a light yellow puree. Very attractive blossom.
- Picking season: Mid
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
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Blenheim Orange is a classic English dual-purpose apple, useful for dessert and culinary purposes.
- Picking season: Late
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
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An old Scottish apple variety, named for the crimson-red colour of its skin and stained flesh.
- Picking season: Mid
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Flowering group: 4
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Bountiful is an easy-to-grow cooking apple, it retains its shape when cooked, fairly sweet for a cooker.
- Picking season: Mid
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Flowering group: 2
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Bramley 20 is a naturally smaller version of Bramley's Seedling (the apples are the same size though).
- Picking season: Late
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
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Bramley is the essential English cooking apple, famous for its rich sharp acidity.
- Picking season: Late
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
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A traditional Scottish cooking apple which keeps its shape when cooked.
- Picking season: Late
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
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Grenadier is an early-season cooking apple, and one of the most foolproof apple varieties.
- Picking season: Early
- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
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Howgate Wonder is a large cooking apple which keeps well. Produces an excellent sharp juice.
- Picking season: Late
- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
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Also known as Flower of Kent, this is the variety the famous scientist Sir Isaac Newton sat under.
- Picking season: Late
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Flowering group: 5
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Keswick Codlin is a popular early-season cooking apple, easy to grow, and productive in most climates.
- Picking season: Early
- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
- Flowering group: 2
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A well-regarded Victorian dual-purpose apple, easy to grow.
- Picking season: Late
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Flowering group: 4
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A classic Victorian cooking apple. Plenty of juicy acidity and stores well.
- Picking season: Late
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Flowering group: 4
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Lord Derby is a high-quality mid/late-season traditional English cooking apple, cooks to a chunky puree.
- Picking season: Late
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Flowering group: 4
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Morgan Sweet is a traditional English cider variety producing a full sweet juice.
- Picking season: Early
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
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A traditional English cooking apple, a good alternative to Bramley.
- Picking season: Late
- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
- Flowering group: 4
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Peasgood Nonsuch is a highly-regarded old-fashioned English cooking apple.
- Picking season: Mid
- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
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A widely-grown and well-regarded English cooking apple.
- Picking season: Early
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Flowering group: 2
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A popular Scottish cooking apple, well-suited to damp wet conditions.
- Picking season: Late
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
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Scotch Dumpling is a large Scottish cooking apple. Cooks to a frothy puree with a good flavour.
- Picking season: Early
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Flowering group: 2
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A traditional Scottish cooker from the Victorian era, with a good sharp flavour.
- Picking season: Mid
- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
- Flowering group: 2
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An old traditional English cider variety with a sharp juice, which can also be used for cooking.
- Picking season: Early
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
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An 18th century English cooker which remains popular. Cooks to a sharp-flavoured puree.
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