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This is a list of apple varieties that are good keepers, and can be stored in a fridge or garage over the winter.

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Bacterial canker

Peach leaf curl

Woolly aphid

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  • Adams Pearmain

    Adams Pearmain apple trees
    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

    Annie Elizabeth apple trees
    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

    Ashmead's Kernel apple trees
    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 apple trees
    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 apple trees
    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's Seedling apple trees
    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 apple trees
    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 apple trees
    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 apple trees
    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

    D'Arcy Spice apple trees
    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 apple trees
    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 apple trees
    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

    Golden Delicious apple trees
    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 apple trees
    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 apple trees
    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 apple trees
    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

    Jumbo apple trees
    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

    King of the Pippins apple trees
    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

    King's Acre Pippin apple trees
    A traditional late-season English apple with a robust flavour.
    • Picking season: Very late
    • Flowering group: 4
    • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile

  • Lady Henniker

    Lady Henniker apple trees
    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

    Lane's Prince Albert apple trees
    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 PaxTM

    Little Pax apple trees
    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 apple trees
    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

    Newton Wonder apple trees
    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

    Pinova apple trees
    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 apple trees
    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

    Rosemary Russet apple trees
    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