Shop
Shop
Show:
-
Betty Geeson
A very late medium sized culinary apple. Flat round in shape with some ribbing around the base. When cooked the flesh has a rich yet sweet taste.
Pollination group – C
Picking time – late September
Storage until – late December -
Adam’s Pearmain
Apples have a distinctive conical shape and are coloured crimson red with patches of fine russet when ripe. Keeps well.
Picking time: October
Storage until: March -
Annie Elizabeth
A very good late keeping culinary variety. Generally round in shape, striped quarter to a half pinky red with some crimson red striping.
Pollination group – D
Picking time – mid October
Storage until – May -
Ashmead’s Kernel
Ashmeads Kernel is a very old variety producing excellent quality brown russeted apples, crisp & juicy, that keep well.
Picking time: mid October
Storage until: February -
Blenheim Orange
An old favourite. Produces large flat round apples with a distinctive nutty flavour that a good for cooking aswell.
Picking time: early October
Storage until: January -
Bountiful
A good alternative to Bramley. The large apples are sub acid requiring little or no sugar when cooked and can be eaten as a dessert apple by late winter.
Picking time: late September
Storage until: January -
Bramley
Bramley is THE English cooking apple, and has become renowned world wide. Its sharpness, and strong flavour make it an exceptional culinary apple.
Picking time: mid October
Storage until: March -
Bramley 20
The same a Bramley but with up to 30% less vigour with the same productivity! This is an advantage where space is more limited. A triploid variety.
Pollination group – C
Picking time – mid October
Storage until – March -
Broxwood Foxwhelp
An early bittersharp variety and most likely to be a ‘sport’ of Foxwhelp, a very old Herefordshire cider variety. Small to medium sized roundish apples that are heavily striped bright red or even crimson on the sun exposed side.
Flowering time – early season Harvest time – September
-
Brown’s Apple
Early ripening, Brown’s Apple can produce very heavy crops of bright red flushed apples that are quite large for a cider variety. Produces a very good fresh sharp cider.
Flowering time – mid season
Harvest – mid October -
Catshead
What an evocative name! In profile on its side the shape lives up to its name. Large apples that are distinctly ribbed, often squareish.
Pollination group – C
Picking time – early October
Storage until – January -
Cevaal
An excellent Cox like apple with an enjoyable rich honeyed flavour. Attractive medium sized apples with yellow skin flushed red.
Picking time: early/mid September
Storage until: late October -
Charles Ross
Good-looking large dual-purpose apple. Flushed and striped warm orange red similar to Cox which is one of its parents. Sweet flavoured eater that bakes well.
Pollination Group – C
Picking time: mid September
Storage until: December -
Chatley’s Kernel
Though described as a culinary in various texts Chatley’s Kernel produced medium sized long keeping apples that are good to eat.
Pollination group – D
Picking time – October
Storage until – May -
Christmas Pippin ®
A recent introduction Christmas Pippin produces heavy crops of high quality sweet apples. Skin flushed red over it’s base colour making it a good looking apple.
Pollination group – C
Picking time – early October
Storage until – December -
Chisel Jersey
A bittersweet producing a cider of high quality, but even so benefitting from being blended with a sweeter cider. A late variety that is also late flowering.
Flowering time – late May
Harvest time – early November -
Colwall Quoining
Colwall Quoining is a strong grower and fruits heavily. The medium sized predominantly dark red apples are prominantly ribbed
Pollination group – C
Picking time – late sept/early Oct
Storage until – November -
Cox Self Fertile
The same as Cox but benefits from being self fertile. Can crop better than its parent, Cox’s Orange Pippin, when pollination conditions are less favourable.
Pollination group – C
Picking time – October
Storage until – January