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Dabinett
A well known cider variety. A bittersweet. Regular cropping, producing a high quality cider. Much grown in commercial orchards because of its reliable cropping and the quality of its cider.
Flowering time – mid/late season
Harvest time- early November -
Discovery
One of the earliest dessert apples picked from mid August when crisp, juicy & sweet. Skin bright crimson. The flesh can also be tinged pink around the edges.
Pollination group – C
Picking time – August
Storage until – does not keep -
Doddin
An unusual variety. Doddin apples are small bright green, smooth skinned and elongated becoming ripe in late July / early August. Juicy and sweet.
Pollination group – C
Picking time – early August
Storage until – does not keep -
Edward VII
An excellent late keeping variety. Smooth, round, green apples that develop a pinkish brown flush. Creamy flesh acid with a nice flavour.
Pollination group – E
Picking time – mid October
Storage until – April -
Egremont Russet
The most well known UK russet. Dry golden skin with large areas of brown russet. Crisp flavour, nutty and sweet. A trouble-free variety.
Pollination group – B
Picking time – late September
Storage until – December -
Ellison’s Orange
An early dessert flushed brownish red with stripes of brighter red mixed in. slightly conical in shape. Creamy white flesh has a rich taste with a somewhat aniseed flavour.
Pollination group – D
Picking time – September
Storage until – October -
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 -
Fortune
A good garden variety of compact habit. Fortune produces medium sized round apples largely coloured bright red. Sweet, juicy with acidity.
Pollination group – C
Picking time – mid September
Storage until – October -
Gorgeous
Gorgeous produces large, very attractive bright red crab apples that stay on the tree well into November and will produce a pink jelly.
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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 -
Grenadier
Flat round apples with distinct ribbing and pale green skin. Cooks to a fluff – tangy with a honeyed flavou. Excellent early culinary apple.
Pollination group – C
Picking time – mid August
Storage until – October -
Harry Baker
Crab apples are large for a crab being dark ruby red with dark pink flesh that ripen and last into October. A chance seedling on an English nursery.
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Harry Masters Jersey
A mid season bittersweet variety. Makes a high quality cider. Medium sized conical apples flushed dark red. Flesh sweet & astringent. Sometimes known as ‘Port Wine’.
Flowering time – mid/late season
Harvest time – late October -
Herefordshire Redstreak
An old variety dating back to early 1600s. Because of its high quality cider this variety helped establish Herefordshire’s reputation as a cider county. Its cider has a high alcohol content and is pink coloured.
Flowering time – mid/late season Harvest time – early November
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Herefordshire Russet®
A new russet variety. The apples are round and the skin has a warm golden colour. Medium sized apples with a rich Cox like flavour.
Pollination group – C
Picking time – late September
Storage until – January -
Kingston Black
A bittersharp variety that has become to be held in high regard because of the quality of the full bodied cider that has a distinct flavour. Fruit shape can be variable but generally conical or flattened. The skin becomes heavily flushed deep red with very dark red almost black flecking or striping.
Flowering time – mid season Harvest – early November
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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 -
Keswick Codlin
A heavy cropping early culinary apple. Pale green skin that becomes pale yellow and has a greasy feel. Yellowish white flesh cooks to a froth.
Pollination group – B
Picking time – late August
Storage until – October