- See also:
- Early-season eating apples6
- Late-season eating apples39
- Cooking apples25
- Dual-purpose apples15
- Red-flesh apple trees5
Mid-season eating apples
Mid-season apples are usually ripe and ready to pick in early September. They are best eaten straight from the tree but will keep fresh for a couple of weeks in a fridge.
Ballerina Flamenco®
Flamenco (also known as Obelisk) is a ballerina-style apple tree which grows as columnar minarette.- Picking season: Mid
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
Bladon PippinTM
A new Cox-style apple variety, but with a sweeter flavour - discovered as a chance seedling in the village of Bladon.£57.75buy- Picking season: Mid
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
Charles Ross
Charles Ross is a very attractive classic English dual-purpose apple.£56.50 - £60.50buy- Picking season: Mid
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Cox's Orange Pippin
Cox is widely acknowledged as having the best flavour of any apple variety.£56.50 - £61.50buy- Picking season: Mid
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
Delbarestivale
An attractive heavy-cropping September apple with a good flavour.- Picking season: Mid
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
- Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Ellison's Orange
Ellison's Orange is a well respected Cox-style apple which can achieve very good flavour.£56.50buy- Picking season: Mid
- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
- Flowering group: 4
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Greensleeves
Greensleeves is a reliable and popular mid-season green/yellow apple, easy to grow and productive.£56.50 - £60.50buy- Picking season: Mid
- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
- Flowering group: 2
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
James Grieve
James Grieve is the classic Scottish dual-purpose apple. It can be eaten fresh, and is also excellent for juicing and cooking.£56.50 - £61.50buy- Picking season: Mid
- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Laxton's Fortune
A quietly popular Edwardian era Cox-style apple, developed by the Laxton Brothers Nursery.- Picking season: Mid
- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Lord Lambourne
Lord Lambourne is a popular versatile garden apple variety, with a good balance of sweet and sharp flavours.£56.50 - £60.50buy- Picking season: Mid
- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
- Flowering group: 2
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Red Windsor®
Red Windsor is one of the easiest to grow of all dessert apple trees, and with a pleasant apple flavour.£57.00 - £62.50buy- Picking season: Mid
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Flowering group: 2
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Saint Edmund's Russet
Not as well known as other russets, St. Edmund's Russet is nevertheless one of the best.- Picking season: Mid
- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
SurprizeTM
An unusual new apple variety with a unique combination of orange skin and pink flesh.£57.75 - £63.00buy- Picking season: Mid
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
Yellow Ingestrie
One of the prettiest of all apples, perfect for a table display, with a rich fruity flavour.- Picking season: Mid
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Flowering group: 3
How to choose Mid-season eating apples
For apples the mid-season period usually starts in early September and finishes later in September when the late-season varieties start arriving.
Mid-season apples are best eaten straight from the tree. However unlike early-season apples, they will usually keep fresh for a couple of weeks in a fridge. On the other hand, just like early apples, mid-season apples ripen quite quickly so be sure to keep a close watch on them in early September and see if they are ready to pick.
Another thing you notice with mid-season apples is they still have that fresh zing you get with the early varieties, but the flavours are now more nuanced and interesting.
Some really good apple varieties fall into this category - including Red Windsor, Red Devil, and Lord Lambourne. These are un-fussy apples with good flavours, ideal for taking to work for a mid-morning snack.
And the famous Cox's Orange Pippin also just about falls into this category.