Annie Elizabeth apple trees
Malus domestica - Picking season: Late
- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
- Flowering group: 4
Annie Elizabeth is a well-known traditional English "cooker". The flavour is sweeter than most culinary varieties, and it can also be eaten if you like a sharp apple. The apples are usefully large, and it is a good keeper.
This is a good variety for any recipe where you want slices to keep their shape when cooked.
Annie Elizabeth apple trees for sale
Bare-root
BR11-year bare-root tree,MM106 rootstock£34.95
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
BR22-year bush-trained bare-root tree,MM106 rootstock£43.00
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
BR32-year bare-root tree,MM106 rootstock£43.00
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
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Growing and Training
Like many traditional cooking apples, Annie Elizabeth is reliable and easy to grow. It can be grown throughout the UK and is usually unaffected by pests and diseases.
Although usually considered as a partially self-fertile variety, Annie Elizabeth nevertheless has many of the hallmarks of a (self-sterile) triploid variety - good disease resistance, vigorous growth, and thick dark-coloured leaves. For this reason it is perhaps best planted with another compatible (different) variety nearby. It is also not a reliable pollinator of other varieties.
Recommended pollinators for Annie Elizabeth apple trees
Annie Elizabeth is partially self-fertile, so you do not need another variety to pollinate it to produce fruit.
However you will get a better crop if you plant any of the following pollinator varieties nearby.
If you are not sure about pollination requirements don't hesitate to ask us.
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BraeburnBraeburn is one of the best-flavoured supermarket apple varieties.
GalaGala is popular supermarket apple - but better when home-grown, with a sweet pleasant flavour.
Ellison's OrangeEllison's Orange is a well respected Cox-style apple which can achieve very good flavour.
Newton WonderA traditional English cooking apple, a good alternative to Bramley.
Golden HornetMalus Golden Hornet is a traditional white blossom crab apple, with persistent yellow fruits.
John DownieJohn Downie is a traditional crab apple for making crab apple jelly. White blossom and orange-red fruits.
Wedding BouquetMalus Wedding Bouquet features ivory-white blossom and tiny red berry-like fruitlets.
Peasgood's NonsuchPeasgood Nonsuch is a highly-regarded old-fashioned English cooking apple.
History
Raised in Leicestershire in the mid 19th century and introduced by the Harrison and Sons nursery of Leicester.
Annie Elizabeth characteristics
- Gardening skillBeginner
- Self-fertilityPartially self-fertile
- Flowering group4
- Pollinating othersPoor
- Fruit bearingSpur-bearer
- Climate suitabilityTemperate climatesMild damp climates
- Picking seasonLate
- CroppingGood
- Keeping (of fruit)3 months or more
- Food usesCulinary
- Disease resistanceGood
- CankerSome resistance
- Scab (Apple and Pear)Some resistance
- Powdery mildewSome resistance
- Country of originUnited Kingdom
- Period of origin1850 - 1899
- Blossom colourCrimson
- Fruit colourOrange flush
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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.
