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Lord Hindlip
Late medium / large conical apple of excellent taste. Of a distinct, often lop sided shape, with the apple tapering sharply to a narrow apex .
Pollination group – C
Picking time – early/mid October
Storage until – March -
Lord Lambourne
A classic English dessert apple of excellent refreshing taste, sweet & juicy. Flushed and striped red. Apples slightly conical and smooth skinned.
Pollination group – B
Picking time – Late September
Storage until – November -
Madresfield Court
Produces quite large tall angular red flushed apples. Richly flavoured, slightly aromatic apples. Impressive appearance.
Pollination group – C
Picking time – late September
Storage until – December -
May Queen
An excellent late apple producing bright red medium sized flattish apples that have yellow flesh and are crisp, juicy and are of very good flavour.
Pollination group – C
Picking time – mid October
Storage until – April -
Michelin
A French variety and a bittersweet. Very good cropping usually blended with other varieties when making cider. Flesh white sweet with some astringency. Apples conical with distinct ribbing on the small side but a regular cropper.
Flowering time – early / mid season Harvest time – mid October
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Major
Major is an early bittersweet variety being harvested from late September. Grown commerially to extend the harvesting season forwards. Apples of conical shape and small to medium in size covered with a pinkish red striped flush.
Flowering time – late / mid season Harvest time – late September
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Pitmaston Pineapple
A quite different and distinctive apple. Small golden yellow apples, oblong conical in shape covered with a fine russet. Sweet yet sharp.
Pollination group – C
Picking time – early October
Storage until – December -
Queen Alexandra
Queen Alexandra develops into a good looking culinary apple. Flat round in shape. Cooks to a rich puree. The apples are largely flushed red with darker red striping.
Pollination group – C Picking time – early October Storage until – January
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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 -
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
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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 -
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
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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
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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
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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 -
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
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Tupstones
This dessert apple has many good qualities. the apples have a dark red almost purple skin colour. The flesh is yellowish white, sweet & firm.
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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