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Varieties
28 varieties
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Keeping (of fruit)
- 3 months or more
Category
- Apple trees
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Categories
Almonds
2
Apples
28
Mid-season eating apples
1
Late eating apples
15
Cooking apples
7
Dual-purpose apples
4
Crab apples
1
Hazels
3
Pears
4
Dessert pears
1
Cooking pears
1
Asian pears
3
Stock availability
All
28
In stock
16
Not in stock
12
Form
1-year
1-year bush-trained
2-year
2-year bush-trained
16
Spindlebush
2-year half-standard
Premium half-standard
3
2-year top-worked
2-year (1.75m)
Cordon-trained
Premium cordon
4
1/4 standard
Each
Mature size
Very small
5
Small
4
Medium
9
Large
13
Very large
N/A
Rootstocks
M27
5
?
M9
4
?
M26
9
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MM106
13
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Supplied as
12L pot
15
11.5L pot
5
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
8
Average
18
Experienced
2
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
3
Partially self-fertile
8
Not self-fertile
17
Flowering group
?
1
2
3
12
4
16
5
6
Pollinating others
?
Good
4
Average
13
Poor
11
Fruit bearing
Spur-bearer
22
Free-spurring
Partial tip-bearer
6
Tip-bearer
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
27
Mild damp climates
14
Warm climates
10
Using
Picking season
?
Very early
Early
Mid
1
Late
22
Very late
5
Cropping
?
Heavy
12
Good
14
Light
2
Keeping (of fruit)
?
Does not keep
1
1-3 days
2
1 week
12
2-3 weeks
27
1-2 months
33
3 months or more
28
Food uses
Eating fresh
21
Culinary
14
Traditional cooker
6
Dual purpose
4
Juice
14
Hard cider
3
Drying
Edible fruits
Not suitable for humans
Problems
Disease resistance
?
Good
15
Average
9
Poor
2
Canker
Very resistant
Some resistance
5
Some susceptibility
4
Very susceptible
Scab (Apple and Pear)
Very resistant
4
Some resistance
7
Some susceptibility
8
Very susceptible
1
Powdery mildew
Very resistant
1
Some resistance
6
Some susceptibility
8
Fire blight
Very resistant
Some resistance
3
Some susceptibility
6
Very susceptible
Bacterial canker
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Peach leaf curl
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Woolly aphid
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Identification
Country of origin
Australia
1
Belgium
Canada
China
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
1
Germany
1
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Japan
1
Netherlands
New Zealand
2
Norway
Russia
Slovakia
South Africa
South Korea
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
19
United States
3
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1
1750 - 1799
1
1800 - 1849
7
1850 - 1899
6
1900 - 1949
6
1950 - 1999
6
2000
1
Flowering month
January
February
March
April
May
June
December
Blossom colour
White
9
Cream
Pink - light
8
Pink
2
Pink - dark
1
Red - dark
Crimson
1
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
Bronze
Brown
Crimson
Gold
Green
5
Green - light
2
Green / Red
2
Green / Yellow
1
Orange
Orange / Red
5
Orange flush
7
Pink
Purple
Purple - light
Red
Red - dark
1
Red / Black
Red / Green
Red striped
Russet
4
Varigated
Yellow
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
White
Flesh colour
White
2
Cream
3
Golden / Yellow
Orange
Pink / Red
Dark red
Awards
RHS AGM (current)
8
RHS AGM (former)
2
RHS AM
RHS 1st class
Slow Food - Ark of Taste
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Varieties list
Adams Pearmain
Adams' Pearmain is a popular Victorian-era English apple with a distinctive 'pearmain' shape.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
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
Ashmead's Kernel
A versatile English 17th century russet apple, Ashmead's Kernel is noted for its distinctive pear-like flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Braeburn
Braeburn is one of the best-flavoured supermarket apple varieties.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Bramley 20
Bramley 20 is a naturally smaller version of Bramley's Seedling (the apples are the same size though).
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Bramley's Seedling
Bramley is the essential English cooking apple, famous for its rich sharp acidity.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Brownlees Russet
Brownlees Russet is a high quality late-season dessert russet apple.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Chivers Delight
Chivers Delight is an under-rated Cox-style apple from Cambridgeshire. Crisp and sweet.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cornish Gilliflower
Cornish Gilliflower is a popular English eating apple with an excellent sweet aromatic flavour.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Crispin
Crispin (also known as Mutsu) is a high quality apple from Japan, with a good flavour, and also sharp enough for cooking.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
D'Arcy Spice
An old English apple variety, yet with a unique flavour and many unusual qualities.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Fiesta
Fiesta (or Red Pippin) is one of the best Cox-style apples, easy to grow, with a good aromatic flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Gala
Gala is popular supermarket apple - but better when home-grown, with a sweet pleasant flavour.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Golden Delicious
The flavour of home-grown Golden Delicious is far better than its supermarket reputation.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Granny Smith
Granny Smith is the world-famous green apple from Australia, a good choice for warmer apple-growing regions.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Honeycrisp
Honeycrisp is an American cold-hardy disease-resistant apple - it shows just how good modern apples have become.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
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
Jumbo
A dual-purpose apple, named for the exceptionally large size of its fruits.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
King of the Pippins
A popular and versatile dual-purpose apple, widely grown in the Victorian era.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
King's Acre Pippin
A traditional late-season English apple with a robust flavour.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Lady Henniker
A well-regarded Victorian dual-purpose apple, easy to grow.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Lane's Prince Albert
A classic Victorian cooking apple. Plenty of juicy acidity and stores well.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Little Pax
TM
A new English apple variety, recently discovered on the Isle of Wight - but its appearance and flavour hark back to the Victorian era.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Melrose
Melrose is a well-regarded American apple, with a pleasant sweet flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Newton Wonder
A traditional English cooking apple, a good alternative to Bramley.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Pinova
An attractive disease-resistant dessert apple, capable of producing good clean fruit without chemical sprays.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Pixie
Pixie produces lots of small Cox-style apples, easy to grow and keep well.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Rosemary Russet
A classic English russet apple with excellent flavours, but not as well known as its Victorian contemporaries.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile