Apples

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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

M26 maiden (semi dwarfing): Out of stockMM106 maiden (moderate): Out of stock £22.50
Rosemary Russet

Not the usual Russet – the russetting is partial and the apples are often flushed orange with some red. Of very good flavour with a sweet yet sour flavour.

Pollination group – C
Picking time – late September
Storage until – March

MM106 maiden (moderate): Out of stock £22.50
Sandlin Duchess

A useful dual purpose apple. Large in size, flat round or flat conical in shape. Pleasant as a dessert apple – sweet, sub-acid and quite juicy.

Pollination group – C
Picking time – mid October
Storage until – February

M25 maiden (vigorous): Out of stock £12.00
Saturn

A recent introduction. Good sized smooth conical apples flushed mostly dark red. When eaten the apples are juicy and sweet with some acidity.

Pollination group – C
Picking time – late September
Storage until – January

MM106 maiden (moderate): Out of stock £22.50
Scotch Bridget

A very useful dual purpose apple that often thrives in less than ideal conditions. Quite large round conical red flushed apples that are often lop sided.

Pollination group – C
Picking time – early October
Storage until – January

MM106 maiden (moderate): Out of stock £22.50
Somerset Redstreak

Somerset Redstreak is an old bittersweet variety that is ready to harvest by early October. Medium sized shiny red cider apples about 50-60mm diameter conical in shape with somewhat flattened ends.

Flowering time – early/ mid season Harvest time – late September

M25 maiden (vigorous): Out of stockM25 two year (vigorous): Out of stock Price range: £12.00 through £22.50
Spartan

A very distinct apple with its round conical shape and maroon coloured skin colour. The flesh is white and of good flavour with hints of strawberry.

Pollination group – C
Picking time – early October
Storage until – January

MM106 maiden (moderate): Out of stockM26 maiden (semi dwarfing): Out of stock Price range: £12.00 through £22.50
Sturmer Pippin

A very late dessert apple that is picked after a long Autumn in November. Crisp, juicy and flavoursome to eat. Sweet with a balance of sharpness.

Pollination group – C
Picking time – November
Storage until – April

MM106 maiden (moderate): Out of stockM26 maiden (semi dwarfing): Out of stock £22.50
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

M9 maiden (dwarfing): Out of stockM26 maiden (semi dwarfing): Out of stockMM106 maiden (moderate): Out of stockM25 maiden (vigorous): Out of stockM25 two year (vigorous): Out of stock Price range: £12.00 through £22.50
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

M25 two year (vigorous): Out of stockM26 maiden (semi dwarfing): Out of stockMM106 maiden (moderate): Out of stockM25 maiden (vigorous): Out of stock £22.50
Stoke Red

An established bittersharp cider apple that can produce a very good cider of its own. Juice is pink and often scented. Stoke Red’s apples are small, flat round, red all over with dark red striping. Later ripening in November. Tends to be slow to come into bearing but when it does cropping is good

Flowering time – late May Harvest time – mid November

M25 maiden (vigorous): Out of stockM25 two year (vigorous): Out of stock Price range: £12.00 through £22.50
Ten Commandments

Produces medium sized red apples that are good for cider but are also nice eaten., Name comes from the ten red spots seen around the core when sliced across on some of the apples. Alone it will not make the best cider so is best blended with a bittersweet variety.

Flowering time – early season Harvest time – late September

M25 maiden (vigorous): Out of stock £12.00
Tewkesbury Baron

The apples ripen to a dark crimson. Skin has a speckled appearance and a waxy surface. A richly flavoured. Sweet but with sharpness

Pollination group – B
Picking time – late August
Storage until – October

M25 maiden (vigorous): Out of stock £22.50
Tom Putt

An old variety popular in south west England. Sharp in taste as a dessert, can be cooked and often used for cider. Its cider is dry & sharp that can be sweetened by blending. A very distinct apple being flat round in shape with prominent angular ribs which terminate at the base in a crown. Skin largely covered crimson red which appears as broad striping.

Flowering time – early season Harvest – early September

M25 maiden (vigorous): Out of stockM25 two year (vigorous): Out of stockMM106 maiden (moderate): Out of stockMM106 two year (moderate): Out of stock Price range: £12.00 through £22.50
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

M26 maiden (semi dwarfing): Out of stockMM106 maiden (moderate): Out of stock £22.50
Tupstones

This dessert apple has many good qualities. the apples have a dark red almost purple skin colour with lots of crazing. The flesh is yellowish white, sweet & firm.

M26 maiden (semi dwarfing): Out of stockM25 maiden (vigorous): Out of stock Price range: £12.00 through £22.50
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.

M26 maiden (semi dwarfing): Out of stockMM106 maiden (moderate): Out of stock £22.50
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

M26 maiden (semi dwarfing): Out of stockMM106 maiden (moderate): Out of stockM25 maiden (vigorous): Out of stock £22.50