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Early-season eating apples

Early-ripening apples are usually ready in August, and should be eaten quickly to enjoy their fresh flavours.

  • Beauty of Bath

    Beauty of Bath apple trees
    One of the earliest English apples, ripening in early August.
    £34.95 - £46.95buy
    • Picking season: Very early
    • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
    • Flowering group: 3

  • Discovery

    Discovery apple trees
    Discovery is the definitive early-season English apple variety, makes a good fruit tree for the garden.
    £34.95 - £61.50buy
    • Picking season: Early
    • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
    • Flowering group: 3
    • Awards: RHS AGM (current)

  • Katy

    Katy apple trees
    Katy is an attractive and versatile early apple variety from Sweden, very easy to grow.
    £34.95 - £56.50buy
    • Picking season: Early
    • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
    • Flowering group: 3

  • RosetteTM

    Rosette apple trees
    Probably the best-flavoured of the pink-fleshed apple varieties, and produces lovely pink juice.
    £35.95 - £63.00buy
    • Picking season: Early
    • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
    • Flowering group: 2

  • Scrumptious

    Scrumptious apple trees
    Scrumptious is a modern award-winning early-season English dessert apple.
    £34.95 - £63.00buy
    • Picking season: Early
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
    • Flowering group: 3
    • Awards: RHS AGM (current)

  • Worcester Pearmain

    Worcester Pearmain apple trees
    Worcester Pearmain is a well-known early-season English apple, noted for its strawberry-like flavours.
    £34.95 - £61.50buy
    • Picking season: Early
    • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
    • Flowering group: 3
    • Awards: RHS AGM (current)

How to choose Early-season eating apples

Early-season eating apples typically ripen in the period from late July to late August. They only keep for a few days, and should be eaten quickly to enjoy their fresh summery flavours. Many of them are also very good for juicing - freshly-pressed summer apple juice is a real treat.

Beauty of Bath is usually the earliest-ripening of the English summer apples. Discovery and Worcester Pearmain are next to ripen and are perhaps the best-known early varieties. Both are easy to grow and productive. Katy, from Sweden, ripens a bit later, and is one of the most foolproof of apple varieties. Scrumptious is a modern English variety and has the advantage of being reliably self-fertile.