Apples
Apples
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Sunset
Similar to Cox but more disease resistant and easier to grow. Flavour very good – crisp, juicy and sweet with sharpness.
Pollination group – C
Picking time – late September
Storage until – December -
Sweet Alford
A late sweet variety maturing in early November. Originated in Devon making a good quality sweet cider. Sometimes blended with other bittersweet varieties. Medium sized conical apples are flattened at ends. Yellow waxy skin flushed up to one third orange. Flesh eweet, white with no astringency.
Flowering time – mid May Harvest time – early November
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Topaz
A disease resistant variety from Czech Republic. Medium sized apples red striped over yellow orange background – crisp , sweet and juicy with sharpness.
Pollination group – C
Picking time – October
Storage until – March -
Tydeman’s Early Worcester
A very useful early dessert apple. Good sized fruits that are richly flavoured – sweet with a little acidity. Flushed crimson red.
Pollination group C
Picking time – mid August.
Storage until – mid September. -
William Crump
Apples of excellent flavour – crisp and juicy with a nice balance of sweetness and acidity. Skin brown-crimson / purple flushed over yellow.
Pollination group – E
Picking time – mid October
Storage until – February -
Winston
A late apple with green yellow skin flushed red. A good variety to have to extend the harvesting time and an excellent keeper.
Pollination group – D
Picking time – mid October
Storage until – April -
Worcester Pearmain
Fruit almost completely flushed brilliant red. Sweet with a strawberry flavour. – allow fruit to fully ripen on tree for the best flavour.
Pollination group – C
Picking time – early September
Storage until – October -
Yarlington Mill
A bittersweet variety making a very enjoyable cider on its own. Medium to large apples conical in shape that are usually around 2/3 flushed red. Flesh sweet, white, often reddened under flush, with some astringency. Picked / gathered late October to early November. Attractive flowers appear early/mid season.
Flowering time – early / mid season Harvest – late October