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Best apple varieties for juicing and pressing

All apples can be juiced, but if you want press your own fresh apple juice these varieties have the best flavours and juice colours.

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Varieties list

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
Ballerina Samba®
One of the best-flavoured Ballerina minarette-type apple varieties.
- Picking season: Late
- Flowering group: 3
- 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
Bloody Ploughman
An old Scottish apple variety, named for the crimson-red colour of its skin and stained flesh.
- Picking season: Mid
- Flowering group: 4
- 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
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
Claygate Pearmain
Claygate Pearmain is a popular English dessert apple of the Victorian era.
- Picking season: Very late
- Flowering group: 4
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Court Pendu Plat
Court Pendu Plant is a traditional French apple with an aromatic pear-drop flavour.
- Picking season: Late
- Flowering group: 6
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cox's Orange Pippin
Cox is widely acknowledged as having the best flavour of any apple variety.
- Picking season: Mid
- Flowering group: 3
- 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
Devonshire Quarrenden
A very old English summer apple, with a vinous strawberry flavour, grown throughout the UK.
- Picking season: Very early
- Flowering group: 2
- 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
Eden®
A new dual-purpose apple which has a naturally non-browning flesh, ideal for salads and fresh apple juice.
- Picking season: Late
- Flowering group: 2
- Self-fertility: Not 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
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
Grenadier
Grenadier is an early-season cooking apple, and one of the most foolproof apple varieties.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Picking season: Early
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Hidden Rose®
Hidden Rose is named for the unexpected pink flesh hidden behind the plain green skin.
- Picking season: Very late
- Flowering group: 2
- 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
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
Jonagold
Jonagold is a high quality American apple, with a good balanced sweet/sharp flavor.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Picking season: Late
- Flowering group: 4
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Katy
Katy is an attractive and versatile early apple variety from Sweden, very easy to grow.
- Picking season: Early
- 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
Kidd's Orange Red
Kidd's Orange Red is one of the best Cox-style apples, aromatic, sweet, and easy to grow.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- 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
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
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
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
Meridian
Meridian is a little known modern English apple, heavy crops, easy to grow, and excellent flavour.
- Picking season: Mid
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Peasgood's Nonsuch
Peasgood Nonsuch is a highly-regarded old-fashioned English cooking apple.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Picking season: Mid
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
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
Pitmaston Pine Apple
A small English 18th century apple with a distinctive fruity pineapple-like flavour.
- Picking season: Late
- Flowering group: 4
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Prince William
Prince William is a modern bittersweet cider variety from the famous Long Ashton Research Station.
- Picking season: Mid
- Flowering group: 2
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Queen Cox
A modern self-fertile form of the renowned Cox's Orange Pippin, with arguably even better flavour.
- Picking season: Mid
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Queen of the RealmTM
A new apple variety, released in 2022 to celebrate the Queen's platinum jubilee.
- Picking season: Late
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Rajka
Rajka is a modern disease-resistant heavy-cropping apple variety with a good sweet/sharp flavour.
- Picking season: Mid
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertility: Not 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 Falstaff®
Red Falstaff is one of the best garden apple trees, heavy crops, easy to grow, and very juicy.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Picking season: Late
- Flowering group: 3
- 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
RosetteTM
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
Saturn
An attractive modern English apple, crisp flesh and an excellent flavour.
- Picking season: Mid
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Spartan
Spartan produces lots of crimson maroon apples, crunchy, sweet, easy to grow, delicate "vinous" flavour.
- Picking season: Late
- Flowering group: 3
- 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
SurprizeTM
An unusual new apple variety with a unique combination of orange skin and pink flesh.
- Picking season: Mid
- Flowering group: 3
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Tickled Pink
A new red-fleshed apple variety, with attractive crimson blossom, also known as Baya® Marisa.
- Picking season: Late
- Flowering group: 4
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Tydeman's Late Orange
Tydeman's Late Orange is an excellent late-season Cox-style aromatic apple.
- Picking season: Late
- Flowering group: 4
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile

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