Adam's Pearmain

Well-flavoured apple - nutty, aromatic. Keeps well. A trouble free variety with golden yellow skin largely covered crimson red and patches of fine russet. Apples have a distinctive conical shape - tapering from the base to a flattened apex.

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Ashmead's Kernel

A yellowish-green apple with brown russet. Yellowish white flesh with crisp & juicy with excellent flavour. Good disease resistance and keeping qualities. Very old variety, dating back to 1700s, producing excellent quality apples.

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Blenheim Orange

An old favourite. Golden coloured striped dull red with a brown russet. Good mildew resistance. Produces large flat round apples with a distinctive nutty flavour. Being of a large size the apples can also be cooked.

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Bright Future

Introduced to celebrate 50 years of Garden Organic, the UKs largest organic gardening organisation. Flavour is good with a nice sweet acid combination.

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Cevaal

Cox like apple with good flavour. Consistently high yielding. Yellow skin flushed red. Very good for organic growing. One of five recommended apples to come from a recently completed five year organic trial. Also known as Red Windsor being a redder sport of Early Windsor. A good early/mid season variety.

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Charles Ross

Good-looking large dual-purpose apple. Yellow green flushed and striped warm orange red similar to Cox which is one of its parents. Round in shape maybe slightly conical. Sweet flavoured eater that bakes well. A trouble free reliable variety that will grow well in most parts of the UK.

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Court Pendu Plat

A very old variety maybe even dating back to the Romans! Produces medium sized flattish apples with green yellow skin flushed orange red that will keep into the New Year. Rich pineapple-like acidity. Slower growing hence on vigorous rootstock. Later flowering

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Cox's Orange Pippin

A very popular eating apple. Golden flushed orange red with patches of brown russet. Very good flavour. Has been grown a lot commercially in the UK but susceptible to scab and mildew so best grown in the warmer drier parts of the UK.

It has been used as a parent to produce a variety of well known apples such as Sunset, Winston, Laxton's Superb.

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D'Arcy Spice

An old Essex variety dating back to the 1700s. Sweet yet acid taste. Gains a spicy flavour in hot dry summers. Apples appear flattened at either end and have quite distinct broad ribs from top to bottom. A russet with yellow-green skin and some brown flushing. Though the trees are of moderate vigour they are only small trees on the nursery.

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Doddin

.An unusual apple mostly found around Redditch, Worcestershire. The apples are bright green, smooth skinned and turn somewhat yellowish as they become ripe in late July / early August.

They are small and somewhat elongated. Juicy and sweet. Ripening early they do not keep so should be consumed quickly.

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Egremont Russet

Deservedly popular russet. Dry golden skin with large areas of brown russet. Often brownish red on the sunny side. Flat round in shape with flattened ends. Crisp flavour, nutty and sweet. A trouble-free variety.

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Ellisons Orange

An early dessert flushed brownish red with stripes of brighter red mixed in. Slightly conical in shape. Creamy white flesh has a rich flavour with a somewhat aniseed flavour. A hardy variety suitable for growing in the north and east.

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Fiesta

Also known as 'Red Pippin', skin much flushed bright red. Good cropping. Fruit sweet and juicy with balancing acidity similar to Cox which is one of its parents. Always enjoyed at our Apple day events during October.

Suitable for growing in most parts of the UK. This variety has some self fertility which is very uncommon in apples, but will always do better with other varieties around.

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Fortune

A good garden variety of compact habit. Medium sized round apples largely coloured bright red. Mostly round in shape with some ribbing at the apex. Also known as Laxton's Fortune being bred at Laxton's Nursery, Bedford. Sweet, juicy with acidity. Hardy and suitable for the north and west.

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Greensleeves

A quite different dessert variety from most with pale green skin sometimes with a slight orange flush. Fruits crunchy and sweet when eaten fresh. Makes a roundish shape often with slight ribbing and distinct crowns at the apex. The pale skin makes the lenticels on the surface conspicuous.

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Herefordshire Russet(R)

A new Russet variety. Medium sized apples with a rich Cox like flavour. Trouble free variety that yields well. The apples are mostly round and the skin has a warm golden colour. A really good new introduction offering a different appearance to mostly red flushed desserts.

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James Grieve

A very well known variety. The medium-large apples are warmly coloured yellow striped with orange. Excellent flavour, sweet with an acid balance.

If picked early when sharp they make very good culinary apples. Round conical in shape they will not keep for a long time. Hardy and a good pollinator.

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Jonagold

A relatively modern variety that has become important commercially with various clones. Apples are large sweet with a nice rich flavour. A triploid variety so though accepting pollen from other varieties will not provide any.

A strong grower so offered on two dwarfing rootstocks! The picture was taken late August - the apples will flush more orange-red.

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Katy

Produces bright red apples conical in shape in early September. Refreshing taste with slight acidity. Skin shiny and smooth. Bred from Worcester Pearmain and James Grieve in Sweden, where is was named Katja, so has some of the attributes of both.

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Kidd's Orange Red

Mid season dessert apple of very good flavour - sweet, juicy & aromatic. Apples crimson flushed with small areas of russet which contribute to its distinct appearance. Medium sized conical apples.

Arose in New Zealand as a result of a breeding programme involving the best English & North American apples, Cox being the English apple.

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Laxton's Superb

Another variety with Cox parentage being raised at Laxton's Nursery, Bedford. Largely purple red skin over greenish-yellow base with some redder stripes. Often has a Cox like flavour - crisp, juicy & refreshing. Apples round conical in shape. Hardy and suitable for most areas.

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Lord Hindlip

Late medium / large conical apple of excellent taste. Of a distinct shape with the apple tapering sharply to a narrow apex. Skin brownish orange with patches of bright red. Usually has quite distinct ribbing with on larger than others making the apple sometimes appear lop sided.

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Lord Lambourne

A regular heavy cropping apple. At its best late September, early October - of excellent refreshing taste, sweet & juicy. Flushed and striped red over green yellow base. Apples round, slightly conical and smooth skinned. Compact grower, good for small gardens.

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Pitmaston Pineapple

A quite different and distinctive russet. Small golden yellow apples, oblong conical in shape covered with a fine russet. Sweet yet sharp. Honeyed flavour and nicely scented. A neglected variety because of the apples small size.

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Pixie

Thought to be a seedling of either Cox or Sunset. The name is deceptive because it process good medium sized flat round apples that keep a long time. Excellent taste, sweet but refreshing, crisp and juicy. Skin yellow flushed with orange red. A good choice for the garden or small orchard.

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Rajka

Medium sized attractive smooth bright red apples. Yellowish firm but juicy flesh of excellent flavour - sweet, aromatic with a hint of strawberry. Regular cropping and disease resistant. Always popular at events we are at in the Autumn.

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Red Devil

Bright red apples that seem to gain their colour very early. Medium to large evenly sized flat round apples. When sliced through the flesh is often reddened to varying degrees. Apples have a really nice fruity, strawberry flavour. Good disease resistance suitable for most areas of the UK.

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Red Falstaff

A red sport of Falstaff introduced in 1986. Fruits slightly oblong with flattened ends largely covered bright red. Of very good flavour, crisp and juicy. Heavy yielding, disease-resistant and a good pollinator. Excellent flavoured fruits that keep well

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Resi

A variety bred for disease resistance - hence name REsi. Medium sized flat round smooth apples that crop prolifically. Best thinned earlier in the summer if larger fruits wished for, but still of a good size if not thinned.

Skin mostly red over yellow base colour. Good flavour, sweet with acid balance. An excellent new variety.

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Ribston Pippin

A well known variety. Produces medium to large round conical apples largely covered brownish orange with broad red stripes. Nice flavour, sweet with acidity.

A triploid variety so though accepting pollen from other varieties will not provide any. High vitamin C content. Though keeping until December the apples will be more enjoyable if eaten before then.

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Rosemary Russet

Not the usual Russet - the russetting is partial and the apples are often flushed orange with some red. Of very good flavour with a sweet yet sour flavour. Juicy. Medium sized apples conical in shape often with distinct ribs and sometimes lop sided.

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Rubinola

A commercial variety with very good disease resistance. Apples spherically shaped largely flushed faded red. Of very good flavour, sweet acid aromatic flavour. A regular cropper from an early age with uniform medium sized apples. A good pollinator.

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Rubinstep

A disease resistant variety from Czech Republic. A mid season dessert apple with warm orange red fruit of slighly flattened shape. Of very good flavour. One of five recommended apples to come from a recently completed five year organic trial.

Saturn

Developed by the East Malling Research Station, Kent and introduced in 1997. Bred with disease resistance in mind from an unnamed disease resistant variety and a sport of Golden Delicious. The result are smooth medium sized conical apples flushed mostly dark red. When eaten the apples are juicy and sweet with some acidity. A nice traditional apple taste.

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Spartan

A very distinct apple with its round conical shape and maroon coloured skin colour. Another feature is that the skin often has a bloom which can easily be polished off. Sometimes grown as commercial variety but very good in the garden.

Often heavily fruiting so if thinned early summer larger apples will be produced. The flesh is white and of good flavour with hints of strawberry and melon!

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Sunset

Similar to Cox but more disease resistant and easier to grow. Heavy regular crops of smallish flat-round apples with golden skin striped red. Thinning in early summer will increase fruit size.

Flavour very good - crisp, juicy and sweet with sharpness. Very good garden apple suitable for most areas of the UK.

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Topaz

A disease resistant variety from Czech Republic. Medium sized apples red striped over yellow orange background. Has a flavour similar to Lord Lambourne, which is in its parentage, crisp , sweet and juicy with sharpness. Can be heavy cropping so thin early summer to increase fruit size.

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Tydemans Early Worcester

Early round apple coloured mostly deep crimson red. Of very good taste - richly flavoured, juicy, with slight acidity. This varieties name informs much about it. Bred by HM Tydeman at East Malling Research Station, Kent. In 1929 and introduced in 1945. One of its parents is Worcester Pearmain and it ripens ahead of it in mid August. An excellent early apple.

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William Crump

A high quality medium to large conical apple. Skin brown-crimson / purple flushed over yellow. A result of a cross between Cox & Worcester Pearmain. Apples of excellent flavour - crisp and juicy with a nice balance of sweetness and acidity, and they keep well. Has an upright growth habit.

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Winston

A late apple with green yellow skin flushed red. Good resistance to disease. Excellent keeper. Partly self-fertile. Reliable & heavy cropper. Thin the fruits in the summer to have larger fruits.

Because of its lateness of ripening and its long storage life it was introduced as Winter King in 1935 but was patriotically renamed Winston in 1944! A good variety to have to extend the harvesting time.

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Worcester Pearmain

Who has not heard of this variety?! Fruit almost completely flushed brilliant red. Sweet with a strawberry flavour. - allow fruit to fully ripen on tree for the best flavour. Reliably cropping. Has become a parent of a number of well known varieties including Tydeman's Early, Winston, William Crump. Inclined to tip bearing. A very good early dessert.

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Wyken Pippin

It is intriguing how some varieties arise. This apples name explains some of its story. The pips of an eaten apple from Holland were planted at Wyken near Coventry in early 1700s.

Flat round apples with smooth green skin with fine russet dots. Sometimes with some red flush. Juicy sweet and richly flavoured - a very nice apple.

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Yellow Ingestrie

Produces decorative smooth skinned yellow apples of oblong shape. Arose in the West Midlands and named after Ingestrie Hall. Well flavoured juicy crisp yellow apple. Tree develops a distinctive drooping habit.

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Betty Geeson

Really a cooking apple. Late ripening but supeseded by Newton Wonder and now Bramley. Flattish in shape, yellow skin flushed red on sunny side and distinct ribbing around base

Chatley's Kernel

A pleasant dessert apple that keeps a long time. Flattish in shape with pale green skin that flushes greatly brownish red. Named after the village of its origin near Worcester.

Became widely known in 1890s but then lost. Recent research has led to rediscovery of several old local trees and so its re-introduction.

Gladstone

A very early dessert apple best eaten off the tree from late July. Very good flavour, sweet and juicy. Surface almost all covered deep or brick red. Medium sized apples round conical with some broad ribbing. Originated in 1780 but renamed in 1883 after the then Prime Minister

Gwendolen

A medium sized round conical dessert apple. Of very appealing flavour, said by some to have a hint of wine.. Skin bright green turning yellow as it ripens.

First came to attention in 1998 in Pershore, Worcs as a tree that had developed unnoticed from seed. Named after the then owner of the property.

King Charles Pearmain

A conical shaped dessert apple with brownish golden coloured skin covered with russet. Has a dryish nutty flavour but sweet with some sharpness. May also be known as Rushock Pearmain.

King Coffee

Said to have a hint of coffee when eaten, but this is often difficult to detect. Medium sized flat round apples. Skin flushed mostly deep red with obvious lenticels on dark background.

Madresfield Court

Produces quite large tall angular red flushed apples. Richly flavoured, slightly aromatic apples. Raised at Madresfield Court near Malvern, Worcestershire probably by the Head gardener William Crump.

May Queen

A compact growing tree producing bright red medium sized flattish apples that have yellow flesh and are crisp, juicy & of good flavour. A good keeper lasting into the New year. 1888 Worcs

Puckrupp Pippin

A medium sized apple conical apple with golden skin and a cinnamon russet. Richly flavoured and a good keeper. Originated in 1872 and from north Glos.

Tewkesbury Baron

The apples ripen to a dark crimson particularly on the sides exposed to the sun. Skin has a speckled appearance and a waxy surface. A richly flavoured. Sweet but with sharpness 1883 Glos