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Espalier – 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 -
Espalier – Howgate Wonder
Apples are round conical in shape striped orange red and can be very large. Sub acid in flavour, easily cooking to a fluff. Can be eaten as a dessert apple aswell.
Pollination group – D
Picking time – early October
Storage until – March -
Espalier – Concorde
Compact and heavy fruiting. Medium sized yellow pears with golden russetting. Sweet, juicy, melting pale yellow flesh. A good garden variety.
Pollination group – C
Pick – late September
Storage until – November -
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 -
Cambridge Gage
Produces the classic Greengage fruit. An excellent rich flavoured gage. Medium sized round fruits with yellow green skin and yellow flesh. Sweet and juicy.
Picking time – mid August
Pollination group – D -
Concorde
Compact and heavy fruiting. Medium sized yellow pears with golden russetting. Sweet, juicy, melting pale yellow flesh. A good garden variety.
Pollination group – C
Pick – late September
Storage until – November -
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 -
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 -
Howgate Wonder
Apples are round conical in shape striped orange red and can be very large. Sub acid in flavour, easily cooking to a fluff. Can be eaten as a dessert apple as well.
Pollination group – D
Picking time – early October
Storage until – March -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Summer Sun
Produces large dark red sweet cherries with firm taste. Good for growing in most parts of the UK. Partially self fertile. This photo was taken in late June. The cherries will continue to ripen and become darker red.
Picking time – late July
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Winterbourne Magnum
A dual purpose variety. Medium sized plums, oval in shape, with purple to dark red skin with a light bloom and sweet yellow flesh.
Picking time – mid August
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Mirabelle de Nancy
Related to the Damson, arising in the middle east arriving in France in the middle ages. Small round yellow fruits up to 3cm diameter ripen early August. Its yellow flesh is sweet and richly flavoured. Partially self fertile. Not often cultivated in the UK, flowering early it benefits from shelter and a warm spring.
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Mirabelle Golden Sphere
A relatively new variety bred producing good sized yellow spherical fruits with golden flesh that is sweet with a plum like flavour. Good as a dessert fruit it can also be cooked. Though hardy like other Mirabelles it flowers early so benefits from a sheltered situation.