Apples
Apples
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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 -
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 -
Harry Masters Jersey
A mid season bittersweet variety. Makes a high quality cider. Medium sized conical apples flushed dark red. Flesh sweet & astringent. Sometimes known as ‘Port Wine’.
Flowering time – mid/late season
Harvest time – late 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 -
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 -
King Charles Pearmain
A conical shaped dessert apple with brownish golden coloured skin covered with russet. Has a dryish nutty flavour but sweet with some sharpness.
Pollination group – C
Picking time – early October
Storage until – January -
King Coffee
King Coffee is an unusual name for an apple. As the apples ripen into October they become maroon coloured with its flesh sweet and juicy with a hint of coffee?
Pollination group – D
Picking time – early October
Storage until – December
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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 -
Madresfield Court
Produces quite large tall angular red flushed apples. Richly flavoured, slightly aromatic apples. Impressive appearance.
Pollination group – C
Picking time – late September
Storage until – December -
May Queen
An excellent late apple producing bright red medium sized flattish apples that have yellow flesh and are crisp, juicy and are of very good flavour.
Pollination group – C
Picking time – mid October
Storage until – April -
Michelin
A French variety and a bittersweet. Very good cropping usually blended with other varieties when making cider. Flesh white sweet with some astringency. Apples conical with distinct ribbing on the small side but a regular cropper.
Flowering time – early / mid season Harvest time – mid October