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Varieties
38 varieties
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Disease resistance
- Good
Mature size
- Medium
Mature size
- Small
Mature size
- Very small
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Categories
Apples
20
Early eating apples
2
Mid-season eating apples
7
Late eating apples
5
Cooking apples
5
Dual-purpose apples
3
Red-flesh apples
1
Cherry plums
3
Cherries
2
Sweet cherries
1
Sour cherries
1
Crab apples
6
Damsons
2
Mirabelles
3
Mulberries
1
Ornamental cherry trees
2
Sorbus (Rowan) trees
2
Stock availability
All
38
In stock
38
Not in stock
0
Form
1-year
1-year bush-trained
2-year
12
2-year bush-trained
25
Spindlebush
2-year half-standard
Premium half-standard
2-year top-worked
2
2-year (1.75m)
Cordon-trained
Premium cordon
4
1/4 standard
Each
Mature size
Very small
18
Small
7
Medium
26
Large
82
Very large
1
N/A
Rootstocks
M27
15
?
Very dwarf
2
?
M9
4
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VVA-1
5
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Gisela 5
1
?
M26
17
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Semi-dwarf
1
?
Own-roots
1
?
Semi-vigorous
2
?
Supplied as
12L pot
28
11.5L pot
20
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
29
Average
7
Experienced
1
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
13
Partially self-fertile
8
Not self-fertile
13
Flowering group
?
1
3
2
9
3
18
4
3
5
1
6
Pollinating others
?
Good
6
Average
20
Poor
5
Fruit bearing
Spur-bearer
16
Free-spurring
Partial tip-bearer
4
Tip-bearer
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
34
Mild damp climates
22
Warm climates
6
Using
Picking season
?
Very early
Early
5
Mid
11
Late
17
Very late
1
Cropping
?
Heavy
17
Good
10
Light
4
Keeping (of fruit)
?
Does not keep
1-3 days
2
1 week
12
2-3 weeks
5
1-2 months
4
3 months or more
5
Food uses
Eating fresh
18
Culinary
16
Traditional cooker
4
Dual purpose
2
Juice
13
Hard cider
1
Drying
Edible fruits
Not suitable for humans
Problems
Disease resistance
?
Good
38
Average
28
Poor
3
Canker
Very resistant
1
Some resistance
3
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Scab (Apple and Pear)
Very resistant
8
Some resistance
4
Some susceptibility
2
Very susceptible
Powdery mildew
Very resistant
1
Some resistance
4
Some susceptibility
1
Fire blight
Very resistant
1
Some resistance
2
Some susceptibility
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
Belgium
1
Canada
China
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
Germany
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Japan
2
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Russia
1
Slovakia
South Africa
South Korea
1
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
3
United Kingdom
23
United States
4
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1
1750 - 1799
1800 - 1849
2
1850 - 1899
3
1900 - 1949
4
1950 - 1999
17
2000
2
Flowering month
January
February
March
April
4
May
3
June
December
Blossom colour
White
25
Cream
Pink - light
8
Pink
1
Pink - dark
1
Red - dark
Crimson
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
1
Bronze
1
Brown
Crimson
Gold
1
Green
2
Green - light
Green / Red
1
Green / Yellow
1
Orange
1
Orange / Red
5
Orange flush
2
Pink
1
Purple
Purple - light
1
Red
8
Red - dark
1
Red / Black
1
Red / Green
1
Red striped
Russet
1
Varigated
Yellow
1
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
White
1
Flesh colour
White
1
Cream
1
Golden / Yellow
Orange
Pink / Red
2
Dark red
Awards
RHS AGM (current)
16
RHS AGM (former)
1
RHS AM
2
RHS 1st class
Slow Food - Ark of Taste
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Varieties list
Admiration
Also known as Malus Adirondack. A dwarf upright crab-apple with masses of light-pink / white flowers.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Red
Blossom colour: Pink - light
Self-fertility: 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
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
Bountiful
Bountiful is an easy-to-grow cooking apple, it retains its shape when cooked, fairly sweet for a cooker.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not 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
Charles Ross
Charles Ross is a very attractive classic English dual-purpose apple.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cinderella
®
A naturally dwarf bushy-crab-apple. White blossom followed by tiny golden spherical fruitlets, and yellow autumn leaf colours.
Fruit colour: Gold
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Coralburst
®
Malus Coralburst is a naturally compact crab-apple with a superb blossom display and small persistent yellow-orange fruitlets.
Fruit colour: Bronze
Blossom colour: Pink - dark
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Core Blimey
TM
Core Blimey is a red Cox-style eating apple, suitable for most areas of the UK.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not 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
Farleigh
One of the hardiest damsons, and crops heavily. Farleigh has the distinctive damson flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Golden Sphere
Golden Sphere is a large yellow Cherry Plum with a sweet plum-like flavour.
Flowering group: 1
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Greensleeves
Greensleeves is a reliable and popular mid-season green/yellow apple, easy to grow and productive.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Gypsy
Gypsy is a bright red Cherry Plum with a notably sweet flavour.
Flowering group: 1
Self-fertility: Partially 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
Jupiter
Jupiter is a popular Cox-style apple with a slightly stronger flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Keswick Codlin
Keswick Codlin is a popular early-season cooking apple, easy to grow, and productive in most climates.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Kiku-shidare-zakura
This is the classic Japanese weeping pink cherry blossom tree (sometimes known as Cheal's Weeping Cherry).
Blossom colour: Pink
Flowering month: April
Awards: RHS AM
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Limelight
Limelight is an attractive green mid-season dessert apple, ideal for beginners.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Lord Derby
Lord Derby is a high-quality mid/late-season traditional English cooking apple, cooks to a chunky puree.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Louisa
Malus Louisa is a pretty weeping crab apple with light pink blossom and small yellow fruitlets.
Fruit colour: Orange
Blossom colour: Pink - light
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Mojo Berry
®
A new dwarf mulberry tree with edible fruits which reaches a maximum height of around 1.5m.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Morello
Morello is a traditional late-season acid or sour-cherry, ideal for cooking with, and can be grown in north-facing situations.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Olympic Flame
An attractive small rowan tree, its orange/red autumn leaf-colours are amongst the best.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Pink Charm
A small rowan with a spreading habit, large feathered leaves, and bright pink berries.
Fruit colour: Pink
Pink Glow
Malus Dolgo, also known as Pink Glow, offers early-season white flowers and very attractive dark pink fruits. It is exceptionally cold-hardy.
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Red Devil
Red Devil is a good apple variety for the UK garden, and produces a sweet red-tinted juice.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Red Sentinel
Malus Red Sentinel has classic white blossom and a profusion of tiny scarlet persistent fruits.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Red
Blossom colour: White
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Awards: RHS AM
Red Windsor
®
Red Windsor is one of the easiest to grow of all dessert apple trees, and with a pleasant apple flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: 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
Ruby
Ruby is a large-fruited modern Cherry Plum, with dark red flesh.
Flowering group: 1
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Saturn
An attractive modern English apple, crisp flesh and an excellent flavour.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Shepherds Bullace
A large-fruited bullace, used for cooking and preserves, similar to a damson.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Summer Sun
Summer Sun is productive mid-season cherry, and should ripen even if the summer weather is less than perfect.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Partially 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
The Bride
A small ornamental cherry with large single white flowers.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Blossom colour: White
Flowering month: April