Apples
Apples
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Dabinett
A well known cider variety. A bittersweet. Regular cropping, producing a high quality cider. Much grown in commercial orchards because of its reliable cropping and the quality of its cider.
Flowering time – mid/late season
Harvest time- early November -
Discovery
One of the earliest dessert apples picked from mid August when crisp, juicy & sweet. Skin bright crimson. The flesh can also be tinged pink around the edges.
Pollination group – C
Picking time – August
Storage until – does not keep -
Doddin
An unusual variety. Doddin apples are small bright green, smooth skinned and elongated becoming ripe in late July / early August. Juicy and sweet.
Pollination group – C
Picking time – early August
Storage until – does not keep -
Edward VII
An excellent late keeping variety. Smooth, round, green apples that develop a pinkish brown flush. Creamy flesh acid with a nice flavour.
Pollination group – E
Picking time – mid October
Storage until – April -
Egremont Russet
The most well known UK russet. Dry golden skin with large areas of brown russet. Crisp flavour, nutty and sweet. A trouble-free variety.
Pollination group – B
Picking time – late September
Storage until – December -
Ellison’s Orange
An early dessert flushed brownish red with stripes of brighter red mixed in. slightly conical in shape. Creamy white flesh has a rich taste with a somewhat aniseed flavour.
Pollination group – D
Picking time – September
Storage until – October -
Fiesta
A high yielding modern whose fruit ripens to be sweet and juicy with balancing acidity similar to Cox which is one of its parents.
Pollination group – C
Picking time – late September
Storage until – January -
Fortune
A good garden variety of compact habit. Fortune produces medium sized round apples largely coloured bright red. Sweet, juicy with acidity.
Pollination group – C
Picking time – mid September
Storage until – October -
Gladstone
Gladstone is a very early dessert apple best eaten off the tree from late July. Very good flavour, sweet and juicy. Surface almost all covered deep or brick red developing a greasy feel.
Pollination group – C
Picking time – late July
Storage until – does not keep -
Haughty’s Red
Haughty’s Red is a good looking medium sized mid season dessert apple. Red flushed with distinct ribbing the flesh is soft with some coarseness and with a sweet flavour.
Pollination group – C
Picking time – mid September
Storage until – October -
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 Redstreak
An old variety dating back to early 1600s. Because of its high quality cider this variety helped establish Herefordshire’s reputation as a cider county. Its cider has a high alcohol content and is pink coloured.
Flowering time – mid/late season Harvest time – early November
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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 -
Kingston Black
A bittersharp variety that has become to be held in high regard because of the quality of the full bodied cider that has a distinct flavour. Fruit shape can be variable but generally conical or flattened. The skin becomes heavily flushed deep red with very dark red almost black flecking or striping.
Flowering time – mid season Harvest – early November
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Hope Cottage Seedling
An early season dessert apple. The ripe fruits have a firm flesh with a sub acid flavour and are best from early September.
Pollination group – B
Picking time – early September
Storage until – late September -
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 -
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