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Beth
A very enjoyable early dessert pear. Pale green small to medium sized fruits which turn pale yellow. Creamy white flesh, sweet and juicy.
Picking time: late August
Storage until: September -
Black Oliver
A long established dessert cherry that arose in the West Midlands, areas of which became well known for their cherry growing. Produces medium sized cherries that ripen up to become black by early August. Dark red flesh sweet and juicy. Not self-fertile, pollinated by Stella and Sunburst.
Picking time – early August
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Bloody Ploughman
Produces conical apples with distinct ribbing. It’s blood red skin is a little tough, beneath the sweet tasting flesh is heavily pink tinged.
Picking time: mid September
Storage until: November -
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 -
Bright Future
Introduced to celebrate 50 years of Garden Organic. It’s flavour is good with a nice sweet acid combination. A very good keeper.
Picking time: mid October
Storage until: January -
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
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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 -
Coe’s Golden Drop
An excellent late Gage Large in size, with golden yellow skin and red spots and lines. The golden yellow flesh is juicy sweet and of rich flavour.
Picking time – mid September
Pollination group – B -
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 -
Kordia
A high yielding sweet cherry that ripens to dark red with red flesh by late July. Heart shaped fruits of excellent flavour. Introduced from the Czech Republic. It is self-incompatible but can be pollinated by self-fertile varieties & Regina.
Picking time – late July
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Count Althan’s Gage
A fine quality gage. The large fruits have a purple skin with lots of golden dots and a thick bloom. The golden yellow flesh is sweet, juicy and of good flavour.
Picking time – mid August
Pollination group – D -
Court Pendu Plat
A very old variety. Produces medium sized flattish apples with green yellow skin flushed orange red with a rich pineapple-like acidity.
Pollination group – E
Picking time – mid October
Storage until – March