Dessert Apples
Dessert Apples
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Greensleeves
A different dessert variety from most with pale green skin. Fruits crunchy and sweet when eaten fresh. Makes a roundish shape often with slight ribbing.
Pollination group – C
Picking time – mid September
Storage until – October -
Herefordshire Russet®
A new russet variety. The apples are round and the skin has a warm golden colour. Medium sized apples with a rich Cox like flavour.
Pollination group – C
Picking time – late September
Storage until – January -
Howgate Wonder
Apples are round conical in shape striped orange red and can be very large. Sub acid in flavour, easily cooking to a fluff. Can be eaten as a dessert apple as well.
Pollination group – D
Picking time – early October
Storage until – March -
Hunt’s Duke of Gloucester
This is an excellent small dessert apple. Conical in shape the apple has bright yellow skin that is largely covered with a brownish russet with a small area of red flush on its sunny side. Of excellent flavour – sweetness with contrasting acidity.
Pollination group – C Picking time – October Keeps until – until March
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James Grieve
A very well known dual purpose apple. Medium-large sized apples are warmly coloured yellow striped with orange. Of excellent flavour, sweet with acid balance.
Pollination group – C
Picking time – late August
Storage until – October -
Katy
Produces bright red apples conical in shape in early September. Refreshing taste with slight acidity. Skin shiny and smooth.
Pollination group – C
Picking time – September
Storage until – October -
Kidd’s Orange Red
A quality dessert apple of very good flavour. Apples crimson flushed with small areas of russet which contribute to its distinct appearance.
Pollination group – C
Picking time – Early October
Storage until – January -
King of the Pippins
King of the Pippins is quite a name to live up to and it makes a pretty good good of it. When ripoe the brownish orange flushed apples that are sweet, crisp & juicy with a rich flavour.
Pollination group: D Picking time: early October, Storage until: December
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Laxton’s Superb
Often has a Cox like flavour – crisp, juicy & refreshing. Apples round conical in shape. Largely purple red skin with some redder stripes.
Pollination group – D
Picking time – Early October
Storage until – January -
Lord Hindlip
Late medium / large conical apple of excellent taste. Of a distinct, often lop sided shape, with the apple tapering sharply to a narrow apex .
Pollination group – C
Picking time – early/mid October
Storage until – March -
Lord Lambourne
A classic English dessert apple of excellent refreshing taste, sweet & juicy. Flushed and striped red. Apples slightly conical and smooth skinned.
Pollination group – B
Picking time – Late September
Storage until – November -
Orlean’s Reinette
A high quality late dessert apple. Sweet, juicy & richly flavored with a somewhat nutty after taste. Golden yellow skin flushed orange-red.
Pollination group – D
Picking time – mid October
Storage until – January -
Pitmaston Pineapple
A quite different and distinctive apple. Small golden yellow apples, oblong conical in shape covered with a fine russet. Sweet yet sharp.
Pollination group – C
Picking time – early October
Storage until – December -
Pixie
The name is deceptive because it process good medium sized flat round apples that keep a long time. Excellent taste, sweet but refreshing, crisp and juicy.
Pollination group – D
Picking time – mid October
Storage until – March -
Rajka
Attractive smooth bright red apples. Yellowish firm but juicy flesh of excellent flavour – sweet, aromatic with a hint of strawberry.
Pollination group – C
Picking time – late September
Storage until – January -
Red Devil
Bright red apples. Apples have a really nice fruity, strawberry flavour. When sliced through the flesh is often reddened to varying degrees.
Pollination group – C
Picking time – September
Storage until – December -
Red Falstaff
Fruits slightly oblong with flattened ends largely covered bright red. Of very good flavour, crisp and juicy. Heavy yielding, disease-resistant.
Pollination group – C
Picking time – October
Storage until – March -
Ribston Pippin
A well known apple. Produces medium to large round conical apples largely covered brownish orange with broad red stripes. Nice flavour, sweet with acidity.
Pollination group – B
Picking time – early October
Storage until – December