Cox’s Orange Pippin (Self Fertile)
A self fertile form of Cox’s Orange Pippin highly recommended for less than ideal Cox areas. Heavy crops of the best eating apple in the world.
Discovery
Worcester Pearmain x Beauty of Bath. Bright red flush. Crisp and juicy with a hint of strawberry. An excellent early dessert apple with good disease resistance.
Egremont Russet
The flesh is cream, tinged yellow, sweet and firm with a rich nutty flavour. The usual russet to be found in shops.
Ellison’s Orange
Cox’s Orange Pippin x Caville Blanc (probably D’Été). Medium striped, red, juicy apple. Aniseed flavour develops after picking retaining its melting juicy flesh. Scab resistant.
Fiesta
Cox’s Orange Pippin x Idared. Rich, aromatic and sweet with a crisp texture. Excellent garden tree with Cox-like characteristics. Very heavy crops. Ideal for northern areas.
Golden Delicious
Well known crisp eater. Greenish-yellow turning gold. Sweet, honey flavour. Flavour is superior to imported fruit when grown in the UK.
Greensleeves
James Grieve x Golden Delicious. A reliable midseason variety. Pale, greenish-yellow. Crisp, tangy, easy to grow, and a good pollinator for other varieties. Self Fertile
Herefordshire Redstreak
A cider apple that at one time was unsurpassed. In its day it was often preferred to imported wines and poetry and song were often enlisted in its praises. It arose from a pip collected and grown by Charles I’s Ambassador to … Read More
Herefordshire Russet
Cox’s Orange Pippin x Idared. The russet with a Cox flavour. Exceptional eating quality with a rich aromatic flavour. A winner in ‘taste testings’ around the country. Picking in early October with storage until late January. The tree is well spurred, well shaped and moderately … Read More
Howgate Wonder
Blenheim Orange x Newton Wonder.Large, yellow striped red cooker. Keeps shape well when cooked but has a very light taste. Can also be used as an eater as it is quite sweet and juicy. Often holder of the “biggest apple in the world” … Read More
James Grieve
Red flush stripes over pale green. Crisp and juicy. Excellent flavour and reliable cropper – deservedly popular.