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Varieties
19 varieties
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Canker
- Some resistance
Canker
- Very resistant
Category
- Apple trees
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Categories
Apples
19
Early eating apples
4
Mid-season eating apples
3
Late eating apples
4
Cooking apples
4
Dual-purpose apples
4
Cherries
1
Sweet cherries
1
Cider apples
2
Crab apples
2
Pears
1
Dessert pears
1
Perry pears
1
Plums
4
Eating plums
3
Cooking plums
1
Dual-purpose plums
1
Stock availability
All
19
In stock
16
Not in stock
3
Form
1-year
16
1-year bush-trained
2-year
5
2-year bush-trained
11
Spindlebush
1
2-year half-standard
4
Premium half-standard
6
2-year top-worked
2-year (1.75m)
1
Cordon-trained
5
Premium cordon
4
1/4 standard
Each
Mature size
Very small
4
Small
6
Medium
8
Large
16
Very large
4
N/A
Rootstocks
M27
4
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M9
6
?
M26
8
?
M116
2
?
MM106
15
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MM111
1
?
M25
4
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Supplied as
Bare-root
16
12L pot
9
11.5L pot
4
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
12
Average
5
Experienced
2
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
2
Partially self-fertile
6
Not self-fertile
11
Flowering group
?
1
2
5
3
8
4
5
5
6
1
Pollinating others
?
Good
1
Average
12
Poor
5
Fruit bearing
Spur-bearer
13
Free-spurring
Partial tip-bearer
6
Tip-bearer
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
18
Mild damp climates
15
Warm climates
1
Using
Picking season
?
Very early
1
Early
4
Mid
4
Late
9
Very late
1
Cropping
?
Heavy
6
Good
11
Light
1
Keeping (of fruit)
?
Does not keep
1-3 days
1
1 week
2
2-3 weeks
6
1-2 months
5
3 months or more
5
Food uses
Eating fresh
16
Culinary
8
Traditional cooker
2
Dual purpose
3
Juice
11
Hard cider
2
Drying
Edible fruits
Not suitable for humans
Problems
Disease resistance
?
Good
14
Average
5
Poor
Canker
Very resistant
4
Some resistance
15
Some susceptibility
11
Very susceptible
1
Scab (Apple and Pear)
Very resistant
8
Some resistance
9
Some susceptibility
2
Very susceptible
Powdery mildew
Very resistant
1
Some resistance
6
Some susceptibility
3
Fire blight
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
1
Very susceptible
Bacterial canker
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Peach leaf curl
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Woolly aphid
Some resistance
1
Some susceptibility
Identification
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
Canada
China
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
Germany
1
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
1
New Zealand
Norway
Russia
Slovakia
South Africa
South Korea
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
17
United States
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1
1750 - 1799
2
1800 - 1849
1
1850 - 1899
5
1900 - 1949
4
1950 - 1999
4
2000
2
Flowering month
January
February
March
April
May
June
December
Blossom colour
White
11
Cream
Pink - light
4
Pink
Pink - dark
2
Red - dark
Crimson
1
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
Bronze
Brown
Crimson
Gold
Green
Green - light
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
Orange / Red
2
Orange flush
6
Pink
Purple
Purple - light
Red
5
Red - dark
1
Red / Black
Red / Green
Red striped
Russet
3
Varigated
Yellow
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
White
Flesh colour
White
Cream
Golden / Yellow
Orange
Pink / Red
2
Dark red
Awards
RHS AGM (current)
9
RHS AGM (former)
1
RHS AM
RHS 1st class
Slow Food - Ark of Taste
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Varieties list
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
Bardsey
A hardy disease-resistant apple, discovered growing on an island off the west coast of Wales.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Beauty of Bath
One of the earliest English apples, ripening in early August.
Picking season: Very early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Blenheim Orange
Blenheim Orange is a classic English dual-purpose apple, useful for dessert and culinary purposes.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Christmas Pippin
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Christmas Pippin is a new high-yielding Cox-style apple, discovered as a chance seedling tree.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cornish Aromatic
An attractive late-season apple from Cornwall, with a good aromatic flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 2
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
Discovery
Discovery is the definitive early-season English apple variety, makes a good fruit tree for the garden.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
James Grieve
James Grieve is the classic Scottish dual-purpose apple. It can be eaten fresh, and is also excellent for juicing and cooking.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Lord Lambourne
Lord Lambourne is a popular versatile garden apple variety, with a good balance of sweet and sharp flavours.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Partially 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)
Pendragon
Pendragon is a red-fleshed dual-purpose apple from Cornwall.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 6
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
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
Reverend W. Wilks
A widely-grown and well-regarded English cooking apple.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: 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
Rosette
TM
Probably the best-flavoured of the pink-fleshed apple varieties, and produces lovely pink juice.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Saint Edmund's Russet
Not as well known as other russets, St. Edmund's Russet is nevertheless one of the best.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Santana
Santana is a good quality disease-resistant apple, notable for low levels of allergenic compounds.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Sunset
Sunset is a popular garden alternative to Cox, easier to grow, with a sweet aromatic flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile