Apples
Apples
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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 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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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 Derby
Conical apples with pronounced angular ribs, bright green in colour. Sub acid greenish white flesh of good flavour when cooked. Cook early for a sharp taste.
Pollination group – D
Picking time – late September
Storage until – December -
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
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Major
Major is an early bittersweet variety being harvested from late September. Grown commerially to extend the harvesting season forwards. Apples of conical shape and small to medium in size covered with a pinkish red striped flush.
Flowering time – late / mid season Harvest time – late September
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Newland Sack
A very good culinary apple that keeps well into the new year. A regular heavy cropper the apples seem to sweeten up enough in time to be eaten as a dessert.
Pollination group – C
Picking time – October
Storage until – May -
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 -
Queen Alexandra
Queen Alexandra develops into a good looking culinary apple. Flat round in shape. Cooks to a rich puree. The apples are largely flushed red with darker red striping.
Pollination group – C Picking time – early October Storage until – January
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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