Fruit Tree Availability 

2008

Bareroot only available October - March

(Apples Potted 2year old bush trees M106 rootstock)

Fruit Tree Pictures

	Variety	Notes	Price
Apple	Bramley's Seedling	Cooking	£16.99 Pot grown
Apple	Charles Ross	Dessert	£14.99 Pot grown
Apple	Cox's Orange Pippin	Dessert	£14.99 Pot grown
Apple	Crispin	Dessert	£14.99 Pot grown
Apple	Discovery	Dessert	£14.99 Pot grown
Apple	Egremont Russet	Dessert	£14.99 Pot grown
Apple	Ellisons Orange	Dessert	Sold Out for spring
Apple	Elstar	Dessert	£14.99 Pot grown
Apple	Golden Delicious	Dessert	£14.99 Pot grown
Apple	Howgate Wonder	Cooking	Sold Out for spring
Apple	Idared	Dessert	£14.99 Pot grown
Apple	James Grieve	Dessert/Cooking	£14.99 Pot grown
Apple	Jonagold	Dessert	Sold Out for spring
Apple	Katy (Katya)	Dessert	£14.99 Pot grown
Apple	Laxton's Superb	Dessert	£14.99 Pot grown
Apple	Lord Lambourne	Dessert	£14.99 Pot grown
Apple	Red Devil	Dessert	£14.99 Pot grown
Dwarf Apple	Raika (New!)	Dessert	£14.99 Pot grown
Dwarf Apple	Rubinola (New!)	Dessert	£14.99 Pot grown
Dwarf Apple	Santana (New!)	Dessert	£14.99 Pot grown
Apple	Spartan	Dessert	£14.99 Pot grown
Apple	Suntan	Dessert	£14.99 Pot grown
Apple	Summered	Dessert	£14.99 Pot grown
Dwarf Apple	Topaz (New!)	Dessert	£14.99 Pot grown
Apple	Tydemans Early Worcester	Dessert	Sold Out for spring
Apple	Worcester Permain	Dessert	£14.99 Pot grown
Apricot	Tros Orange	S/F	£14.99 Pot
Cherry	Morello	Cooking	£14.99 Pot
Cherry	Stella Compact	Dessert	£14.99 Pot
Cherry	Sunburst	Dessert	£14.99 Pot
Cherry	Van	Dessert	Sold Out for spring
Peach	Red Haven	S/F	£14.99 Pot
Peach	Peregrine	S/F	£14.99 Pot
Pear	Beth		£14.99 Pot
Pear	Comice		£14.99 Pot
Pear	Concorde (New!)	S/F	£14.99 Pot
Pear	Conference	S/F	£14.99 Pot
Pear	Williams		£14.99 Pot
Plum	Damson	Dessert/Cooking	£14.99 Pot
Plum	Green Gage	Dessert	£14.99 Pot
Plum	Opal	Dessert	Sold Out for spring
Plum	Victoria	Dessert/Cooking	£12.99 Pot
Quince	Vranga	Cooking	£19.99 Pot
Blackberry	Loch Ness (New!)	Late Season	£3.99 Pot
Blackberry	Merton Thornless	Mid Season	Sold Out for spring
Blackberry	Oregan Thornless	Mid Season	£3.99 Pot
Blackcurrant	Ben Lomond	Mid Season	£5.99 Pot
Blackcurrant	Wellington XXX	Mid Season	£5.99 Pot
Blackcurrant	Titania (New!)	Mid Season	£5.99 Pot
Blackcurrant	Triton (New!)	Early Season	Sold Out for spring
Blueberry	Berkeley	Acid Soil	£6.99 Pot
Blueberry	Blue Crop	Acid Soil	£6.99 Pot
Blueberry	Goldtraube 71	Acid Soil	£6.99 Pot
Blueberry	Northland (New!)	Acid Soil	£6.99 Pot
Boysenberry	Blackberry/Raspberry	blackberry flavour	£5.99 Pot
Fig	Brown Turkey	Best UK Variety	£3.99 Pot
Gooseberry	Hinnonmaki Gold (New!)	Disease Resistant	£5.99 Pot
Gooseberry	Hinnonmaki Red (New!)	Disease Resistant	£5.99 Pot
Gooseberry	Hinnonmaki Green (New!)	Disease Resistant	£5.99 Pot
Gooseberry	Invicta	Green Fruit	£5.99 Pot
Grape Vine	Black Hamburg	Black Indoor	£7.99 Pot
Grape Vine	Brandt	Black Outdoor	£7.99 Pot
Grape Vine	Himrod (Seedless)	White Outdoor	£7.99 Pot
Grape Vine	Mueller Thurgau	White Outdoor	Sold Out for spring
Grape Vine	Vanessa (Seedless)	Black Outdoor	£7.99 Pot
Honeyberry	Lonicera Caerulea Kamchatica (New!)		£7.99 Pot
Jostaberry	Gooseberry/Blackcurrant		£5.99 Pot
Loganberry	Thornless		£5.99 Pot
Raspberry	Admiral	Mid season	Sold Out for spring
Raspberry	Allgold (Yellow fruit)	Autumn	£3.99 Each
Raspberry	Autumn Bliss	Autumn	£3.99 Each
Raspberry	Glen Clova	Early	Sold Out for spring
Raspberry	Glen Moy (New!)	Early	Sold Out for spring
Raspberry	Glen Prosen	Mid Season	Sold Out for spring
Raspberry	Malling Delight	Mid Season	£3.99 Each
Raspberry	Malling Jewell	Mid Season	Sold Out for spring
Raspberry	Tulameen (New!)	Late Season	Sold Out for spring
Red Currant	Jonkheer Van Tets	Early Season	£5.99 Pot
Red Currant	Rolan (New!)	Mid Season	£5.99 Pot
Red Currant	Rovada (New!)	Late Season	£5.99 Pot
Red Currant	Red Lake	Mid Season	£5.99 Pot
Rhubarb	Timperly Early		£3.99 Pot
Tayberry	Blackberry/Raspberry		£5.99 Pot
Strawberry	Elsanta, Hapil, etc	6 Varieties	99p Pot
White Currant	White Versailles		£5.99 Pot
Worcester Berry	Blackcurrant/Gooseberry		Sold Out for spring

                                                          S/F  Self fertile                                                                                                              Pot = Potted Only

Full list of apple varieties

Variety listings include the following information, where available:
VARIETY NAME (Synonym names) Parentage, Place and date of origin.
Description of that variety, its tree and fruit, including its best uses.
Triploid, Pollination Date, Harvest time and Season of use.

A
ADAM'S PEARMAIN (Norfolk Pippin, Hanging Pearmain) Herefordshire, England, 1826.
A dessert apple with a conical shaped fruit striped red on a yellow background with a thin brown russet.Creamy white flesh is firm, crisp, tender, with a rich, nutty taste. The tree is hardy with some resistance to scab.
Pol.Date: 12, Harvest: early - mid-Oct., Season: Nov.-Mar.

AKANE (Tokyo Rose) Jonathon X Worcester Pearmain.1970, Japan.
An attractive, Jonathon-type dessert apple. The colour is bright, cherry red.The flesh is crisp and juicy, with good flavor. An early bearer, it can be a shy producer. It will bear well in low chill climates.
Pol.Date: 12, Harvest: September, Season: early Oct.-Nov.

ALEXANDER Parent of Wolf River. c.1700s Ukraine, introduced to England 1805.
Excellent cooking apple and good dessert apple. Very large, conical shape. Pale green-yellow skin streaked with red, or orange and flushed with brilliant red where in the sun. Well suited to home gardens.
Pol.Date: 13, Harvest: late Sep. - mid Oct., Season: late Sep. - mid Oct.

AMERICAN SUMMER PEARMAIN USA, early 1800s.
Excellent early dessert apple, also good for cooking. Medium size, yellow-green fruit is flushed and streaked red to purple red. Sweet, very juicy flesh. Tree of low vigour, heavily fruit spurred. Ideal for trellis or espalier. Does well on light soil.
Pol.Date: 10, Harvest: Aug., Season: Aug. - Sep.

ANANAS REINETTE Netherlands, 1821.
Late dessert apple. Medium size fruit, yellow flushed brownish red. Yellow-white, sweet, sub-acid, aromatic flesh. Small tree, suitable for a small garden.
Pol.Date: 12, Harvest: Oct. - Nov., Season: Nov. - Jan.

ANTONOVKA Russia.
Good quality dessert and cooking apple. Reproduces fairly true from seed, seedlings used as rootstock. Old variety. Tree vigorous and hardy.
Pol.Date: 11, Harvest: Sep., Season: Sep. - Nov.

ARKANSAS BLACK Possible Winesap seedling, Arkansas, 1870.
Good dessert and keeping apple. One of the most beautiful of apples. Lively red deepening with sun exposure to purplish-red or nearly black. Hard, crisp, yellowish flesh with aromatic flavor. Light cropper.
Triploid, Pol.Date: 15, Harvest: Oct., Season: Nov. - Feb.

AROMATIC RUSSET England.
Very good dessert apple. Bright red, netted with russet. flavor sweet-sharp and intense.
Pol.Date: 6, Harvest: Oct., Season: Nov. - Jan.

ASHMEAD'S KERNEL Gloucester, England, 1720.
Old late dessert apple of excellent flavor and highest quality. Bright green-yellow fruit flushed orange with light cinnamon russeting. Sweet, slightly acid and highly aromatic flavor. Crisp, juicy flesh.
Pol.Date: 18, Harvest: mid-Oct., Season: Dec. - Feb.

ASTRACHAN RED Russia, introduced to England via Sweden 1816 then to USA 1835.
Dessert, cooking (harvest when slightly green) and cider apple. Excellent early summer apple, very productive every other year. Its beautiful appearance made it a popular summer market apple, widely planted commercially. Medium sized, crimson coloured, flesh is juicy, tart and crisp with good flavor. Very short storage.
Pol.Date: 4, Harvest: Aug. - early Sep.

B
BALDWIN (Woodpecker) Discovered Massachusetts, USA, 1740, chance seedling.
Good cooking, dessert and cider apple. This commercial variety from the turn of the century was for many years the most popular winter apple, first class for export. Medium to large, yellow flushed with orange and striped red. Juicy with sweet to subacid flavor, aromatic and firm. Usually a productive and vigorous tree.
Triploid, Pol.Date: 15, Harvest: Oct., Season: Oct. - Feb.

BEAUTIFUL ARCADE Russia, in the USA by mid 1800s, via Canada.
Good quality for fresh use. Valued as a pollinator and rootstock. Fruit is yellow splashed with red. Short storage period. Seedlings as rootstock give a 65% tree.
Pol.Date: ?, Harvest: Sep.

BELLE DE BOSKOOP Believed to be a bud sport of Rechette de Montfort. Holland, found c. 1856.
Outstanding cooking, baking and dessert apple. Excels as a longtime keeper, sweetens in storage. Large fruit, greenish-yellow flushed with brick red and a light russeting. Flesh aromatic, acid and crisp. Scab resistant, slow to bear but in maturity a good cropper.
Triploid, Pol.Date: 11, Harvest: Oct., Season: Nov. - Apr.

BELLE DE BOSKOOP RED Red sport of Belle

BLACK OXFORD Maine, 1860s.
Excellent dessert, cider and cooking apple, dries well. Round deep purple fruit with a black bloom. Disease resistant. Shy biennial bearer.
Pol.Date: ?, Harvest: Oct., Season: Nov.

BLENHEIM ORANGE(Also Bleinheim or Rosy Blenheim).Woodstock, England, 1740.
A fine multi-use apple: cooking, dessert, juice, freezes well if sliced. Large yellow fruits flushed red with fine russeting. Flesh firm, crisp and subacid, fine textured with characteristic nutty flavor. Susceptible to scab but mildew resistant with heavy rainfall. Slow to come into full bearing but a good cropper. Does well in grass orchards.
Triploid, Pol.Date: 14, Harvest: Oct., Season: Oct. - Jan.

BLUE PEARMAIN Unknown origin, before 1833.
Predominately red with a blue bloom. Mild, sweet rich and mild acid flavor, characteristic of Pearmain. Flesh firm, rather coarse, and aromatic. Popular in 19th century England. This keeper dries and shrivels in storage, yet retains good flavor.
Pol.Date: 12, Harvest: Oct., Season: Nov. - Feb.

BOIKEN Prussia, known in 1828 in Bremen Germany.
Dessert, juice, and excellent cooking apple. Medium-sized fruit, skin smooth and yellowish with red cheek. Flesh firm and fine grained. Refreshing, sprightly, subacid flavor .Early and abundant bearer, very vigorous and spreading like golden russet.
Pol.Date: 18, Harvest: mid Oct., Season: Dec. - Apr.

BOTTLE GREENING Discovered early 1800s, chance seedling from NY and Vermont border, USA.
Good dessert, very good cooking, juice and cider apple. Good keeper. Fruit large to medium sized. Skin thick, tough, green with yellow cast blushed carmine on one side. Flesh tender and very juicy, almost melting. Excellent quality. Bruises easily. Excels for home orchards. Tree hardy, vigorous and productive.
Pol.Date: 10, Harvest: Oct., Season: Oct. - Feb.

BRAMLEY'S SEEDLING  Propagated from a notable seedling c. 1809 Nottinghamshire, England.
Great cooking, good cider, good keeping apple. This traditional cooking apple of the British Isles still enjoys an excellent reputation. Fruit large, greenish-yellow with broad broken brown and red stripes. Flesh firm, juicy and sharply acid, high in vitamin C. Scab and mildew resistant, well suited to coastal B.C. climate. Tree large, vigorous and spreading, tolerates some shade. Heavy and regular bearer.
Triploid, Pol.Date: 15,Harvest: early Oct., Season: Oct. - Mar.

BREAKWELL'S ( Breakwell's Seedling) England, 1890.
Cider apple. flavor bitter and sharp. Tree of medium size and spreading. Heavy cropper. Bears young, good pollinator.
Pol.Date: 13, Harvest: Sep. - Oct.

BREAKY Seedling of Calville Rouge, developed in 1960s, Canada.
Excellent dessert and cooking apple. Medium-sized fruit, yellow-green with red stripes.
Pol.Date: ?, Harvest: mid-Aug.

BROWNLEES' RUSSET England, 1846.
Dessert and juice apple. Medium-sized fruit covered with brown-green russet. Crisp, tender flesh. flavor sprightly, rich and aromatic. Compact tree with deep pink flowers.
Pol.Date: 12, Harvest: Oct., Season: Oct. - Mar.

BULMER'S NORMAN France, imported to England in early 1900s.
Specificly a cider variety. Bittersweet flavor.Tree large and spreading.
Triploid, Pol.Date: 10, Harvest: mid-Oct.

C
CALVILLE BLANC D'HIVER Introduced 1598, recorded 1626 in Louis XIII's garden.
Very popular dessert apple on the continent, also good juice apple with more vitamin C than an orange. Good sauce and cooking apple as well. Fruit medium-large, pale green with light red dots on sunny side. Flesh tender, sweet, juicy.Aromatic, spicy flavor. Tree does best in warm soil, against a sunny wall or bank. Precocious bearer.
Pol.Date: 15, Harvest: late Oct., Season: Nov.-March, excellent!

CANADA REINETTE 1777, Normandy.
Excellent dessert, good cooker and cider apple. Fruit med. to large, pale yellow skin with irregular patches of russet. Flesh firm, coarse, juicy, subacid, distinct aroma. Tree vigorous, open.
Triploid, Pol.Date: 17, Harvest: Oct., Season: Nov. - Feb.

CARDINAL VON GALEN Germany.
Cooking and juice apple. Large, bright red fruit.
Pol.Date: ?, Harvest: Sep. - Oct.

CARMELITER REINETTE France, 1667.
Medium-sized, golden fruit flushed red and russeted. Sweet and aromatic.
Pol.Date: ?, Harvest: Nov., Season: keeps into winter

CARROLL Moscow Pear seedling X Melba. 1947.
Excellent eating apple, also for cooking. Tree has strong branching habit, ripens early.
Pol.Date: ?, Harvest: late Aug.-early Sep., Season: till Dec.

CHENANGO STRAWBERRY Known since 1854, NY.
Dessert quality, excellent for all uses. Medium to large fruit, flesh juicy, mildly subacid, aromatic. Skin smooth and tough. Tree medium size, vigorous, long lived. Regular bearer. Pick when skin starts to turn milky. Extended ripening time makes it suitable for a home orchard.
Pol.Date: 16, Harvest: late Aug. - Sep.

CHISEL JERSEY England.
Cider apple. Fruit green with red flush. Bittersweet flavor. Medium-sized, vigorous tree, a heavy but somewhat biennial bearer. Branch spreaders should be used.
Pol.Date: 22, Harvest: mid-Nov.

CLAYGATE PEARMAIN Surrey, England, 1823.
High quality winter dessert apple and keeper. Pick as late as possible. Green blushed red and russeted. Crisp, juicy flesh. Sugary, aromatic flavor. Neat, compact tree suitable for small garden. Bears well.
Pol.Date: 15, Harvest: Oct., Season: Dec. - Mar.

COE'S GOLDEN DROP (Bishop's Thumb, Golden Drop) England, 1842.
Small yellow fruit flushed crimson. Brisk, vinous and sugary flavor, juicy flesh. Scab resistant. Heavy cropper.
Pol.Date: ?, Harvest: Aug. - Sep.

COLE'S QUINCE (Quince, Pear Apple) Maine , 1806.
Cooking apple in July, dessert apple when ripe. Large, ribbed yellow fruit with a red flush. Mild, rich quince flavor and aroma. Very rare.
Pol.Date: ?, Harvest: late Aug. - late Sep.

CORNISH GILLIFLOWER Cornwall, circa 1800.
High quality late dessert apple with sweet, rich flavor if grown on warm site. Said to emit a clove fragrance when cut. Deep yellow-green fruit flushed with speckled red and a dusting of russet. Fine, firm flesh. Should be picked as late as possible.
Pol.Date: 15, Harvest: mid-late Oct., Season: Nov. - Jan.

COX'S ORANGE PIPPIN Ribston Pippin seedling, c. 1829 England. Parent of Ellison's Orange, Holstein, Elstar. Grandparent of Gala.
Well known, classic, very fine dessert apple. Also excellent for all-around processing. flavor enhanced by ripening off the tree. Fruit medium sized, pale green with red stripes, flushed orange. Firm, tender, juicy flesh. Distinctive aroma and flavor.
Pol.Date: 14, Harvest: Harvest: mid Sep. - mid Oct., Season: Nov. - Dec.

CRAWLEY BEAUTY Found in cottage garden, Sussex, England, 1900.
Good commercial cooking apple. Fruit large, dark green with red flush, broken stripes. Flesh firm. flavor acid, good when cooked. Tree growth vigorous, compact and upright, good for small garden. Disease resistant. Bears consistently and heavily, adaptable.
Pol.Date: 32, Harvest: Oct., Season: Nov. - Feb.

D
DABINETT Chisel Jersey seedling.
English cider apple. High quality juice. Tree of low vigour, does well with high fertility levels. Shade tolerant. Bears young and is a regular good producer.
Pol.Date: 18, Harvest: Oct. - Nov.

DEVONSHIRE QUARRENDON (Also Sack Apple) Old English or French variety, written up in 1685.
Dessert apple. Medium size fruit is attractive and shiny crimson. Flesh is crisp, juicy and sweet, with a distinctive flavor. Requires a pollinator because its blossoms are sterile.
Triploid Pol.Date: 10, Harvest: Aug./Sep.

DISCOVERYPossibly Worcester Pearmain X Beauty of Bath, Essex England, 1949.
An early dessert apple with a long shelf life for its type, also makes a good sauce. Pale greenish yellow with brilliant crimson-red flush and conspicuous lenticels. Crisp white flesh, tinged pink, very good flavor for an early variety. Some scab resistance.
Pol.Date: 14, Harvest: mid Aug., Season: mid Aug. - mid Sep.

DUCHESS OF OLDENBURG (Borovinka) Russia, 1700, introduced into England c. 1815.
Good cooking apple, fair dessert apple. Very beautiful, medium to large sized greenish yellow with bright red stripes, splashes and russeted dots. Flesh fine, firm and juicy. flavor tart, brisk and refreshing, first class. Keeps for only a few weeks. Tree is very hardy and vigorous, early and abundant bearer. Disease resistant.
Pol.Date: 7, Harvest: Aug. - early Sep.

E
EARLY HARVEST (Canada,) USA, prior to 1800.
Cooking apple, especially good for sauce. Dessert apple when fully ripe. Golden with slight blush of brownish orange. Crisp, tender, creamy white flesh with subacid flavor.
Pol.Date: 11, Harvest: July - Aug.

EGREMONT RUSSET England, prior to 1872.
Considered one of the best dessert apples, most important commercial russet in England. Yellowish-green to golden yellow, more than half covered with fine ochre russet. Sweet, rich, nutty flavor. Dry, firm flesh. Hardy, compact tree.
Pol.Date: 10, Harvest: late Sep. - Oct., Season: Oct. - Dec.

ELLISON'S ORANGE (Ellison's Orange Pippin) Cox Orange Pippin X Calville Blanc d'Hiver, Lincolnshire, England, 1911.
Dessert apple. Medium sized, golden-yellow with crimson stripes. Tender, juicy flesh with spicy anise flavor.
Pol.Date: 16, Harvest: Sep. - Oct., Season: Oct.

Elstar Golden Delicious X Ingrid Marie. Netherlands 1950’s
Crunchy easy-eating dessert apple. Medium size round-conical fruit, bright yellow skin with red overlaid. Lemon-white crisp flesh of sweet aromatic flavour similar to it’s parent Golden Delicious but more intence. Good crop on a healthy tree. Moderately vigorous tree.
Pol.Date: 13, Harvest: Oct., Season: Oct. - Jan.

ERWIN BAURDuchess of Oldenburg X , Germany, 1928.
Dessert apple. Medium size fruit, deep yellow skin with stripes. Flesh especially hard and crisp with sweet aromatic flavor.
Pol.Date: 9, Harvest: Oct., Season: Oct. - Jan.

ESOPUS SPITZENBURG Esopus, N.Y., 1790. Likely parent of Jonathan.
Connoisseurs' dessert apple of great beauty and exquisite flavor. Large, oblong fruit is lively red approaching scarlet with russet dots. Yellow flesh is juicy, aromatic, spicy, sprightly and singularly rich. Improves radically with storage, best at Christmas. Light bearer, disease susceptible.
Pol.Date: 15, Harvest: late Sep. - early Oct., Season: Nov. - Mar.

F
FALLAWATER Pennsylvania, mid 1800s.
Good sauce and culinary apple. Large, green fruit sometimes over 6 inches in diameter. Sub-acid to mildly sweet flavor. 19th century favourite. Good, regular bearer.
Triploid, Pol.Date: ?, Harvest: Oct., Season: Nov. - Mar.

FREEDOM Macoun X Antonovka, 1983, USA.
Good multi-use apple. Medium to large red fruit. Crisp, sweet, good-tasting flesh. Tree is resistant to major apple tree diseases. Well-known modern variety.
Pol.Date: 12, Harvest: late Sep./early Oct., Season: Oct. - Nov.

G
GALA Cox type, Kidd's orange Red X Golden Delicious.New Zealand, 1934.
Excellent for fresh eating. A very pretty apple, yellow skin patterned with bright orange-red.
Pol.Date: 16, Harvest: Oct., Season: Oct.-Jan.

GANO Ben Davis type. Kentucky/Missouri USA, 19th century.
Fruit has light yellow skin that is striped and flushed red.It turns purple-red upon ripening. Flesh firm, crisp and juicy, subacid flavor. An old-timer.
Pol.Date: ?, Harvest: late Sep., Season: through winter

GENEVA Ottawa, 1930.
Choice for cider, jelly and blending in juice for colour. A medium-size crabapple with red flesh and very tart flavor. Tree is hardy and scab resistant.Its red leaves make it beautiful for a home garden.
Pol.Date: ?, Harvest: Sep. - Oct.

GEORGE CAVE England, 1923.
Attractive early dessert apple. Fruit is pale green-yellow with red flush diffused over one half. Flesh is sweet, tart and juicy. The tree is moderately vigorous, a reliable cropper.
Pol.Date: 11, Harvest: July - mid-Aug.

GOLDEN DELICIOUS
Popular supermarket variety best grown in sunny warm position. Fine dessert apple. Large yellow conical fruit. Crisp, juicy flesh with extra sweet, flavor. Vigourous, disease resistant tree. Good reliable crop.
Pol.Date: 14, Harvest: Oct., Season: Oct. - Jan.

GOLDEN NUGGET Golden Russet X Cox's Orange Pippin,Nova Scotia, 1949.
Fine eating and excellent culinary apple. Small yellow fruit with orange streaks and splashes. Crisp, juicy flesh with extra sweet, rich, mellow flavor. Vigourous, disease resistant tree.
Pol.Date: 13, Harvest: Sep., Season: Oct. - Nov.

GOLDEN REINETTE Europe, Late 1700s.
Excellent dessert apple, good for cider. Small green to golden-yellow fruit with russet spots and a dull blush.
Pol.Date: 15, Harvest: Oct., Season: Oct. - Jan.

GOLDEN RUSSET Seedling of English Russet, NY 1845.
In the 19th century, this variety was many times voted first rank among dessert and keeping apples. Also excellent cider apple.The fruit is medium-sized, russeted skin, varying from grey-green to bronze with a copper-orange cheek. The flesh is fine grained and crisp, with sugary juices. Scab resistant.
Pol.Date: 9, Harvest: late Oct., Season: Oct. - Mar.

GOLDEN SWEET Conn. 1832.
Dessert and excellent sauce apple. Good for cider. Medium-large pale yellow fruit with very sweet, juicy, rich flavor. Vigourous, long-lived tree. Early bearing and a good cropper.
Pol.Date: ?, Harvest: Sep. - Oct.,

GOODLAND Open-pollinated seedling of Patten Greening, Manitoba,Canada, 1940s.
Excellent dessert apple, delicious and aromatic sauce apple. Roundish red and yellow fruit. Flesh crisp, juicy, tender. Tree is a productive bearer.
Pol.Date: ?, Harvest: early Sep.

GRAVENSTEIN Italy, early 1600s.USA 1790.
First class dessert apple, wonderful for pies, sauces, juice and cider. Well known for flavor. Large tree is vigorous, tends toward biennial bearing. There nearly a dozen different strains of Gravenstein, including the named sports Teal Crimson, Yellow, Henry, Kozlowski, and IR2-46-1.
Triploid, Pol.Date: 6, Harvest: Aug.-Sep. , Season: till early Nov.

GRENADIER England,prior to 1862.
Standard early cooking apple of England. Large pale green ribbed apple with russet dots. Flesh tinged green, tangy, juicy and rather honey-flavored. Cooks to a fluff, good for baking and purees. Scab resistant.
Pol.Date: 14, Harvest: mid Aug., Season: till Oct.

GRIMES GOLDEN Possible parent of Golden Delicious. West Virginia, 1804.
Multiple uses, superior dessert apple, great cider, keeps well. Medium to large clear yellow fruit. Flesh is crisp, fine-grained, and juicy. Rich, distinctive, aromatic spicy flavor.A very old variety, long planted for home use. Tree bears young.
Pol.Date: 14, Harvest: Oct., Season: Oct. - Jan.

H
HAAS Missouri, 1872.
Green-yellow ribbed fruit with red stripes. Tender white flesh sometimes stained red. Qunce-like texture. Hardy tree is an early annual bearer.
Pol.Date: ?, Harvest: Sep.

HARALSON Malinda X Ben Davis. Minnesota, 1913.
Good baking, dessert and cider apple. Flesh is crisp, juicy, firm. Mildly tart flavor, not acid. Holds its shape and texture in baking. Tree is vigorous, bears young, with a tendency toward biennial bearing. Retains good flavor in keeping.
Pol.Date: ?, Harvest: late Sep., Season: Oct.- Feb./Mar.

HAUXAPFEL Germany, 1920.
Known as a cider apple, very good for cooking and baking. Excellent dessert for those who enjoy a crisp, tart apple. Medium to large fruit. Red stripes over green skin.
Pol.Date: ?, Harvest: late Oct., Season: Nov.-March

HERRINGS PIPPIN England, c. 1908.
Excellent dessert and cooking apple. Fruit large, deep green, coloured crimson on one side. Flesh crisp but tender when ripe. Spicy flavor, pleasing aroma. Tree is hardy and prolific, a regular cropper. Suitable for heavy, cold soils.
Pol.Date: 18, Harvest: Sep., Season: Sep. - Nov.

HOLSTEINseedling of Cox's Orange Pippin. Germany, 1918.
Large, yellow fruit with blush of reddish-orange, sometimes lightly russeted. Firm, juicy flesh. Aromatic flavor of Cox's Orange, but easier to grow. Tree is more vigorous, scab resistant.
Triploid, Pol.Date: 13, Harvest: late Sep. - Oct., Season: Sep. - Feb., improves with storage.

HORNEBURGER PANCAKE Germany.
Culinary apple. Silvery-green to pale yellow fruit, brown-red or pink flushing, red stripes. Acid, fairly soft flesh. Cooks well, does not break up completely.
Triploid, Pol.Date: 19, Harvest: late Sep. - early Oct., Season: Oct. - Jan.

HOWGATE WONDER Isle of Wight, 1915.
Large, late culinary apple. Yellowish-green fruit flushed with thin orange-brown. Firm, fine-textured flesh. Cooks to a froth. Vigourous tree is a heavy and regular cropper.
Pol.Date: 15, Harvest: early Oct., Season: Nov. - Mar.

HUBBARDSTON NONESUCH Known by many other names. One of the great Massachusetts apples of the 19th century. Pre-1832 origin.
Large, rugged fruit with red skin, highlight of gold. Flesh hard, crisp yet fine-grained. Sprightly and rich flavor, becoming sweeter when fully ripe. Tree is a regular and abundant producer of evenly sized fruit.
Pol.Date: ?, Harvest: Oct., Season: Oct. - Dec.

HUDSON'S GOLDEN GEM Unknown seedling, Oregon 1931.
Excellent dessert apple; russet of large size. Dull yellow russet skin. Crisp, sugary flesh with nutty flavor. Vigourous tree. Disease resistant.
Pol.Date: ?, Harvest: late Oct., Season: Nov. - Jan.

HYSLOP CRAB(Hyslop) 1869.
Good for jelly and cider. Large, 2+ inch, brilliant red or purple fruit with blue bloom. Firm yellow flesh is juicy when first ripe then rapidly becomes mealy. Subacid and astringent flavor.
Pol.Date: ?, Harvest: Oct..

I
IDARED Jonathon X Wagener, Moscow, Idaho, 1935.
Dessert and keeping apple. Pale green-yellow fruit, flushed bright crimson-red with indistinct striping. Firm, green or pink tinged flesh has a pleasant flavor.
Pol.Date: 10, Harvest: late Oct.- early Nov., Season: Nov. - Mar.

IRISH PEACH Irish Seedling X Yellow Transparent. Ireland, 1800.
Good baking and dessert apple. Fruit small, pale yellow-green. Crisp, juicy aromatic flesh. Slender tree with upright growth, bears at tips.
Pol.Date: 8, Harvest: Aug.

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JAMES GRIEVE Speculated to be seedling of Potts Seedling or Cox's Orange Pippin. Scotland, c. 1890.
Dessert, juice and cider apple. Doesn't keep well. Medium to large fruit, red flush over soft yellow flesh. Very juicy and acidic. Tree does well in a cool place, excellent producer.
Pol.Date: 11, Harvest: Sep., Season: Sep. - Oct.

JEFFERIS (Everbearing and Grantham). Pennsylvania, USA, 1848.
Choice early fall apple. Thin-skinned fruit, light red with darker red stripes. Flesh is juicy, crisp yet melting. Rich, pear-like flavor. Tree is hardy, scab and mildew resistant. Bears regularly and heavily.
Pol.Date: 12, Harvest: Sept., Season: Sep. - Nov.

JONATHON New York, USA, 1862.
Good dessert and keeping apple. Medium-sized attractive fruit, striped red with high colour in spots. Flesh juicy and crisp. flavor refreshing and subacid. Tree naturally small, bears young, heavy crops.
Pol.Date: 13 (self-fertile, better when cross-pollinated), Harvest: Oct., Season: Oct. - Jan.

JONATHON RED(Redder sport of above)

JUBILEE McIntosh X Grimes Golden. Summerland Research Station, B.C., 1926.
Multi-use apple. Medium to large fruit, yellow overspread with deep red. Firm, crisp, juicy flesh. Juicy, subacid flavor.
Pol.Date: ?, Harvest: Oct., Season: Oct.- Feb.

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KANDIL SINAP Early 1800s, Turkey.
Tall cylindrical apple. Creamy, yellow porcelain-like skin with red blush. Crisp, juicy, fine-textured flesh, excellent flavor. Tree tends toward small, pyramidal shape. Heavy, regular bearer.
Pol.Date: 8, Harvest: Oct., Season: Oct. - Feb.

KARIN SCHNEIDER A red sport of Ingrid Marie (Cox's type), Denmark.
Medium large fruit, skin yellow skin with crimson. Sweet, aromatic flavor.
Pol.Date: 17, Harvest: Oct., Season: Dec. - Apr.

KARMIJN DE SONNAVILLE Jonathon X Cox's Orange Pippin, Netherlands, 1971.
Very good dessert and juice apple. Large yellow-green fruit flushed carmine. Intense flavor, juicy, high acidity at harvest. Tree vigorous, spreading, a good cropper.
Triploid, Pol.Date: 15, Harvest: Sep. - Oct., Season: Oct. - Dec.

KATJA James Grieve X Worcester Pearmain, Sweden, 1966.
Dessert apple. Medium sized fruit, nearly solid red with tough, thick skin. Juicy flesh. Good flavor. Tree is a hardy, productive bearer, mildew and scab resistant.
Pol.Date: 12, Harvest: Sep., Season: 2-3 weeks after harvest

KENT(Malling Kent)Cox's Orange Pippin X Jonathon, East Malling, England, 1960s.
Dessert apple. Greenish-yellow fruit that is flushed and striped red. Crisp, white flesh that is juicy with a sweet-sharp and aromatic flavor. Tree bears young and is a good cropper.
Pol.Date: 16, Harvest: mid-Oct., Season: Nov.-Feb.

KESWICK CODLIN First recorded 1793, England.
Good cooking apple. Large, green-yellow fruit, sometimes with a faint blush. Fine, tart flavor. An English classic, once widely grown for culinary use. A heavy cropper.
Pol.Date: 7, Harvest: Aug. - Sep., Season: Sep. - Oct.

KIDD'S ORANGE RED Cox's Orange Pippin X Red Delicious, New Zealand, 1932.
One of the finest flavored dessert apples, commercially grown in New Zealand. Pale greenish-yellow fruit well covered by crimson flush and broken stripes of purple-crimson. Patches of russet. Sweet, aromatic flavor and firm, fine-textured flesh. Fruit can be small if not well thinned.
Pol.Date: 15, Harvest: early Oct., Season: Nov. - Jan.

KING (King of Tompkins County), New York 1804.
Very fine dessert, sauce, baking, and juice apple. Highly desired fruit. Beautiful large, yellow apple with red stripes and flush. Crisp, coarse, juicy flesh. Sweet, subacid, and aromatic flavor. Adds a lot of flavor to juice. Highly recommended for West Coast climate. Tree vigorous, spreading and productive.
Triploid, Pol.Date: 13, Harvest: late Sep. mid Oct., Season: Oct. - Dec.

KING OF THE PIPPINS (Golden Winter Pearmain) Possible Sturmer Pippin X Ribston Pippin. England, early 1800s.
One of the best late dessert apples. Greenish-yellow to yellow fruit flushed with brown-orange and stripes of red, some russet patches. Firm, dry highly aromatic flesh with distinctive sweet-bitter flavor and almond undertones.
Pol.Date: 16, Harvest: mid-Oct., Season: Oct. - Dec.

KNOBBY RUSSET (Knobbed Russet) Sussex, England, 1819.
Dessert apple. Unusual appearance, with uneven surface. Grey and black russeting overlaid on green and yellow fruit, scarlet streaked in the sun. Crisp flesh of the highest quality. Highly flavored, rich and sugary. Excellent with cheese. Rescued from oblivion after WW II.
Pol.Date: 9, Harvest: mid-late Oct., Season: Oct. - Feb./Mar.

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LADY (Pome d' Api, Christmas Apple) France, 1628.
Exquisitely beautiful small winter dessert apple, also excellent cider. Creamy yellow and crimson. Flesh white, crisp and juicy. Highly aromatic. Also used in making Christmas wreaths and garlands. Small tree bears heavily. Recommended for home garden.
Pol.Date: 14, Harvest: Nov., Season: Dec – May

LAXTON’S SUPERB Cox’s Orange Pippin X Wyken Pippin 1890’S England.
Classic English dessert apple bred by famous Laxton bros in Victorian England. Fruit similar in look and flavour to cox but more upright. The white-green flesh is crisp sweet and very “appley”. Fruit stores well.

 Pol.Date: 15, Harvest: Oct., Season: Nov. - Feb.


LEATHER COAT England.
Medium, golden-yellow skin covered with russeting. Sweet-sharp intense flavor. Vigourous tree. Shakespeare mentions "a dish of leather coats" in one of his plays, referring to this variety or a similar russeted apple.
Pol.Date: 11, Harvest: Oct., Season: Nov. - Mar.

LEMON PIPPIN English or Norman origin, prior to 1700.
Old, late cooking and dessert apple. Good for drying. Small, yellow dotted fruit with greenish-white, crisp, acid flesh. Small upright tree suitable for the garden, good cropper.
Pol.Date: 17, Harvest: early Oct., Season: Oct. - Dec.

LIBERTY Macoun X New York, 1978. Sister to Freedom.
MacIntosh type apple. Large, red blush covering nearly all of yellow fruit. Flesh is crisp, juicy and sweet, one of the better-flavored modern varieties bred for disease resistance. Very disease-resistant. flavor develops over one month of storage. Heavy fruit sets require thinning.
Pol.Date: 12, good with Freedom, Harvest: Oct., Season: Nov. - Feb.

LODI Montgomery X Transparent, New York, 1942.
Good for drying, freezing, sauce, and juice. Good for pies when green. Fruit is pale yellow flushed with deeper yellow. Flesh is crisp and juicy, flavor is sweet-tart. Ripens later than Transparent and keeps longer. Resistant to apple scab. Tendency to biennial bearing can be remedied by thinning. Dependable, productive trees.
Pol.Date: 9, Harvest: July - Aug., Season: 4 weeks from harvest.

LOMBART'S CALVILLE Calville Blanc d'Hiver x, Netherlands, 1906.
Dessert and juice apple. Medium-large yellow fruit. Sweet, juicy, rich flavor. Moderately vigorous tree.
Pol.Date: 15, Harvest: Oct., Season: Nov. - Jan.

LORD LAMBOURNE James Grieve X Worcester Pearmain, England, 1907.
High quality dessert apple.Crisp, juicy, sweet flesh.Good for northern areas. Self-fertile but benefits from pollinators.
Pol.Date: 11, Harvest: Sep. - mid Oct., Season: Sep. - Nov.

LUBSK QUEEN(Lubsk Reinette) Russian, brought to USA about 1880.
Dessert and cooking apple. White porcelain-like skin with splashes and blushes of bright pink and red. Firm, tart snow-white flesh. Brisk flavor. Tree hardy and productive.
Pol.Date: ?, Harvest: Aug. -Sep.

LYMAN'S LARGE SUMMER USA, pre-1844.
Best dessert apple of its season. Also good for cooking. Large, green fruit ripens yellow. Almost of equal quality to a late apple - firm, crisp, and juicy.
Pol.Date: 15, Harvest: early Aug.

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MACOUN McIntosh X Jersey Black, Geneva, New York, 1909.
Dessert apple with flavor similar to McIntosh. Green fruit blushed and striped dark red with a bluish bloom. Greenish white flesh is crisp, juicy and easily bruised.
Pol.Date: 14, Harvest: early- mid-Oct., Season: Nov. - Jan.

MAIDEN BLUSH New Jersey, prior to 1817.
Cooking, dessert and cider apple, also dries well. Flat, round yellow-skinned fruit with crimson blush. Crisp, tender flesh with sharp acid flavor that mellows with ripening. One of the oldest American apples.
Pol.Date: 14,Harvest: mid-Aug. - mid. Sep. Season: Sep. - Dec.

MALUS FLORIBUNDA
Ornamental crab apple with a long, early to mid-season flowering period. Lovely and a very good pollinator. Not for eating.
Pol.Date: 6-13

MALUS FLORIBUNDA "ROSEA"
Same as above but with pink flowers.
Pol.Date: 6-13

MANTET Tetofsky X McIntosh. Manitoba, 1929.
Dessert apple. Round, with bright red wash and stripes. Juicy and sweet. Hardy, productive tree.
Pol.Date: ?, Harvest: Aug.

MARGIL England or France, prior to 1750.
Among the best of dessert apples. Greenish-yellow fruit flushed red with crimson red stripes. Some russet dots. Sweet, rich, aromatic flavor. Dry, coarse flesh. Irregularly ribbed shape. Small tree suitable for a small garden. Light cropper.
Pol.Date: 13, Harvest: early Oct., Season: Oct. - Dec.

MELBA McIntosh X Livland Raspberry?, Ottawa, 1898.
Early dessert apple. Pale yellow fruit with pale red flush and stripes. Very white, firm, crisp, sweet flesh. Vigourous, good cropping tree.
Pol.Date: 11, Harvest: late Aug. - early Sep.

MELROSE Jonathon X Red Delicious. Ohio, 1944.
Very good dessert and cooking apple. Large fruit with dark red streaks over yellow-green. Vigourous, productive tree. Good pollinator.
Pol.Date: 16, Harvest: mid-late Oct., Season: Oct.-Feb./Mar.

MOTHER (Gardener's Apple) Massachusetts., 1840.
Very good dessert apple. Fruit is round to tallish, conical, red over yellow. Distinctive flavor, wintergreen aroma. Needs full sun to be at its best.
Pol.Date: 18, Harvest: Sep., Season: Oct. - Dec.

MUSCADET DE DIEPPE Normandy, 1750.
Excellent cider apple. Orange-red, smallish fruit. Sweet and aromatic.
Pol.Date: 8, Harvest: Sep.

MUTSU (Crispin) Golden Delicious X Indo. Japan 1930.
Good dessert apple, first class cider and sauce. Green fruit ripens yellow. Large vigorous tree. Grown commercially.
Triploid, Pol.Date: 13, Harvest: late Oct., Season: Dec.- Feb.

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NEWTOWN PIPPIN Newtown, Long Island, 1759.
According to Coxe, " probably the best apple in the world," depending on richness of the soil. Highest quality dessert, cider and cooking apple. Not good-looking; bright green fruit with trace of brownish-purple flush. Rich, yellow, juicy flesh with refreshing piney tartness, breaking and high-flavored.
Pol.Date: 14, Harvest: mid-late Oct., Season: Dec. - Jan.

NORTHERN SPY New York, 1800.
Excellent all-purpose apple. First class dessert apple, renowned for pies. Red striped over green. Very large tree.
Pol.Date: 20, Harvest: late Oct., Season: Oct. - Feb.

NORTHWEST GREENING Golden Russet X Alexander. Wisconsin, 1872.
Excellent pie, good dessert apple. Large green fruit ripens yellow. Good late season pollinator. Hardy, vigorous tree.
Pol.Date: late, Harvest: Oct., Season: through winter.

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OLIVER (Oliver's Red, All-Over-Red) Arkansas, 1873.
Waxy golden skin nearly covered with crimson and streaked dark red. Rich, spritely flavor. Rare. Vigourous tree bears young and regularly.
Pol.Date: ?, Harvest: Oct. Season: Dec. - Feb.

ONTARIO Wagener X Northern Spy. Ont. 1820.
Very good dessert, juice and cooking apple. Medium-large fruit with green skin flushed and striped red. Flesh fine textured, very juicy, sprightly and aromatic.
Pol.Date: 15, Harvest: Oct., Season: Nov. - March

ORENCO Seedling tree c. 1840, Introduced Oregon, 1920.
High quality dessert apple. Splendid and beautiful. Almost solidly bright red. Tender, crisp, juicy flesh. Scab resistant. As with many of the best varieties, it virtually disappeared from cultivation because it is a shy bearer.
Pol.Date: 17, Harvest: mid Sep., Season: Oct. - Nov.

ORIOLE Yellow Transparent X Livland Raspberry. Minnesota, 1949.
Excellent dessert and cooking apple. Large yellow fruit with red stripes. Vigourous, hardy tree is a heavy cropper.
Pol.Date: 12, Harvest: July - Aug.

ORLEANS REINETTE France, 1776.
Dessert apple. Yellow-green with light russeting, reddish on the sun side. Rich flavor, sweet and juicy. Tree of moderate vigour, very hardy, good cropper. Best in warm location.
Pol.Date: 19, Harvest: Oct., Season: Nov.- Jan.

OTTAWA (Ottawa Early)
Very good early dessert, cooking and sauce apple. Greenish-yellow washed and striped with red. Juicy and spicy.
Pol.Date: ?, Harvest: Aug.

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PEASGOOD NONSUCH England, 1858.
Handsome, highly esteemed culinary apple. Large pale yellow-green fruit, deepening to orange-yellow with short stripes of bright red and some russet patches. Good acid-sweet flavor, cooks to a froth. Large, heavy cropping tree.
Pol.Date: 15, Harvest: mid Sep., Season: Sep.-Dec.

PILOT Virginia seedling, early 1800s.
Large yellow fruit with red stripes and russet specks. Fine grained, crisp and juicy flesh.Keeper.
Pol.Date: ?, Harvest: Oct., Season: stores exceptionally well

PINK LADY Pink Pearl X King of Pippins.Ontario, 20th century.
Good dessert, sauce and juice apple. Unique, pink-fleshed apple, very sweet, juicy and flavorful. Skin yellow, flushed with carmine. Small, spreading tree, a good cropper.
Pol.Date: ?, Harvest: Sep. - Oct.

PITMASTON PINEAPPLE Golden Pippin X. England,1785.
Dessert, juice and keeping apple. Small golden-yellow fruit covered with fine russet. Sweet, juicy, sugary, and somewhat pineapple flavored. Small, upright tree, very suitable for small gardens.
Pol.Date: 15, Harvest: mid-Sep., Season: Sep. - Feb.

POMME GRIS (Leathercoat, French Russet) France, c. 1803.
Cider and dessert apple. Like other russets, its high flavor has a tart sweetness and pear-like richness. Tree is a heavy cropper.
Pol.Date: ?, Harvest: Sep., Season: Sep.-Jan.

PORTER (Jennings, Yellow Summer Pearmain), Massachusetts, c. 1800.
Very good dessert, canning and cooking apple. Pure yellow skin with crimson blush, tender, sweet and juicy flesh. Retains its form with cooking.
Pol.Date: 22, Harvest: Sep., Season: Sep. - Oct.

PORTER'S PERFECTION England
English cider apple. Cream coloured, flushed dark red. Bitter-sharp cider blending quality. High acid and tannin. Tree vigorous, heavy cropper, tends to biennial bearing.
Pol.Date: 13, Harvest: Nov.

PRAIRIE SPY Introduced Minnesota 1940.
All purpose. Red over yellow, attractive large fruit. Excellent flavor, improves in storage. Tree is hardy, vigorous, long-lived, productive annually, and bears young. Excels as home variety.
Pol.Date: 14, Harvest: Oct., Season: Nov. - Mar.

PRIMATE New York, c. 1840
Highly regarded early American summer dessert apple. Medium-large, smooth, light green fruit, crisp, juicy, tart. Hardy tree bears heavily.
Pol.Date: 10, Harvest: early Sep., Season: Sep.- Oct.

PUMPKIN SWEET Connecticut, 1834.
Prized for baking, good for canning or dessert. Yellow skin marbled with greenish-yellow and a brown flush. Sweet, nonacid flesh is crisp and juicy.
Pol.Date: 16, Harvest: Oct., Season: Oct. - Dec.

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QUINTE Red Melba X Crimson Beauty. Ontario, 1964.
Firm good quality early eating apple that ships well. Medium size, yellow, flushed red. Tree strong growing, heavy annual production. Thinning necessary.
Pol.Date: 9, Harvest: early Aug.

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RAMBO(Winter Rambo) USA, late 1700's
High-flavored, fall to early winter dessert apple, admirable cooking apple, tolerably good cider apple. Flat fruit with a pale yellow skin streaked faint red by the sun. Tender, sub-acid flesh.
Pol.Date: ?, Harvest: Sep. Season: Sep. - Nov.

RED BIETIGHEIMER (Bietigheimer) Germany, 1881.
Cooking apple. Large fruit is pale yellow to green overlaid with red. Firm, juicy white flesh is coarse and crisp with subacid flavor.
Pol.Date: 9, Harvest: Sep., Season: Sep. - Oct

RED DEVIL Kent England, 1979.
An excellent variety for gardeners, disease resistant and generally trouble free. Ideal for all areas. Good crop of bright red juicy fruit of superb flavour with pink juice. Self-fertile.

Pol.Date: 9, Harvest: Sept.. Season: Sep. – Jan.

RED JUNE (Carolina red June), North Carolina, described 1848.
Pies in July, fresh eating in August, good cider. Attractive small deep red skin over yellow fruit. White flesh stained red. Brisk and juicy. Tree is early and heavy bearer, tendency to biennial bearing can be somewhat controlled by timely thinning and pruning,
Pol.Date: ?, Harvest: Aug.

RHODE ISLAND GREENING Rhode Island 1650.
Long time great American cooking apple, also a dessert apple. Large, yellow-green fruit. Firm, crisp, juicy, tart. flavor develops in storage.
Triploid, Pol.Date: 12, Harvest: late Oct. - early Nov., Season: Nov. - Feb./Mar.

RIBSTON PIPPIN Yorkshire, England c. 1700 , parent of Cox's Orange Pippin.
Seed from Normandy. Before being supplanted by Cox's Orange Pippin, this was the classic English dessert apple for centuries. Yellow, flushed bright orange, red blush. Hard, crisp, fine-grained, sugary, rich and aromatic.The original tree lived until 1928.
Triploid, Pol.Date: 11, Harvest: Sep. , Season: Oct. - Jan.

ROXBURY RUSSET Roxbury, Massachusetts, early 1600's.
Great cooking, cider and keeping apple. Great late winter dessert apple. Greenish-bronze and yellow fruit. The classic russet, like Golden Russet but even higher in sugar (12.87%), and a bigger producer. Resistant to scab. Possibly the oldest named variety in America.
Pol.Date: 12, Harvest: late Sep. - early Oct., Season: Oct. - Apr.

ROYAL RUSSET (Brown Russet) England, 1567.
Large and characteristic russet skin is brown with a greenish-yellow undercast. The yellow flesh has a sweet, nut-like flavor. The tree is a vigorous annual bearer, resistant to scab and mildew. It is particularly suited to West Coast home orchards.
Pol.Date: 15, Harvest: late Oct. - Nov. , Season: Oct. - Mar.

RUSSET For russets, see: Aromatic, Golden, Knobby, Roxbury, Royal, Saint Edmunds Pippin)
Very good dessert, excellent juice and cider apple. Most will shrivel without high humidity but this does not affect the flavor of the fruit.

RUSTY COAT USA.
Excellent for drying, sauce and dessert. Darker than Golden Russet with drier flesh. Very good flavor. Some disease resistance.
Pol.Date: ?, Harvest: Oct., Season: excellent keeper

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SAINT EDMUND'S PIPPIN (Saint Edmund's Russet) England, 1870.
Best early russet. Very beautiful. Smooth, golden-straw yellow skin. Flesh very juicy and crisp with a rich pear-like flavor. Listed among the six best apples of England. Heavy annual cropper. Makes one of the best dwarf trees.
Pol.Date: 10, Harvest: early Sep.

SCARLET PIPPIN Ontario, 1860. Snow"type".
Very attractive medium sized round dessert apple. White, firm, crisp, melting flesh. Juicy and mildly subacid with good flavor. Tree is a strong, upright grower, producing heavy crops.
Pol.Date: ?, Harvest: Oct., Season: Oct. - Dec.

SCHMIDTBERGER REINETTE Austria, 1832.
Medium sized fruit is green, flushed and striped red. Sweet-sharp, aromatic flesh. Vigourous tree.
Pol.Date: 12, Harvest: Oct., Season: Nov. - Jan.

SEEK-NO-FURTHER (Westfield Seek-No-Further or Red Winter Pearmain) New England, 1700's.
Excellent for juice and fresh eating. Not recommended for cooking. Creamy yellow fruit streaked red with some russeting. Crisp, tender, juicy and aromatic flesh with distinctive flavor. An "antique apple" well worth growing.
Pol.Date: 15, Harvest: Sep.-Oct., Season: Nov./Dec.

SHIAWASSEE (Shiawassee Beauty) Possible Snow X. Michigan, 1850.
Dessert, cooking and cider apple. Yellow fruit covered with red flush and darker streaks. Crisp, juicy, aromatic, subacid flavor. Hardy, vigorous tree. Light cropper.
Pol.Date: ?, Harvest: Sep., Season: Sep.

SMOKEHOUSE Seedling of Vandevere. Pennsylvania, early 1800s.
Very good quality all-purpose apple. Large, flattish shape, yellow flushed and striped red. Exceedingly juicy, crisp and tender flesh. A reliable cropper, slightly susceptible to scab.
Pol.Date: 10, Harvest: Oct., Season: Oct. - Feb.

SNOW (Fameuse) Quebec, 1600s. Parent of McIntosh.
Excellent dessert, cooking, juice and cider variety. Beautiful fruit, almost solid red over cream skin. Tender flesh is bright white, sometimes stained crimson. Spicy, aromatic, and refreshing flavor. This famous apple is one of the few apple varieties that comes somewhat true from seed.

Pol.Date: 10, Harvest: late Sep. - early Oct., Season: Sept.-Jan.

SPARTAN  McIntosh X Newtown Pippin. British Columbia, Canada 1920’s
A good small red sweet apple. Dark red smooth skin. Tender flesh is bright white. Crisp juisy aromatic, and excellent refreshing flavour. Good crop of fruit can be picked and eaten straight from the tree!
Pol.Date: 10, Harvest: late Sep. - early Oct., Season: Sept.-Jan.

SPIGOLD Golden Delicious X Red Spy.New York, 1962.
Premier dessert apple, stores well. Pale green to golden yellow skin with flushed red cheek upon ripening. Very firm, crisp, melting, juicy flesh. flavor sprightly and sweet. Important to train early into spreading shape. Tendency toward biennial bearing.
Triploid, Pol.Date: 18, Harvest: early to mid-Oct., Season: Nov. - Jan.

STARR N.J., 1865.
Large, yellow-green fruit. Crisp, tart and juicy flesh. Tree moderately vigorous, bears young, a good cropper.
Pol.Date: 11, Harvest: Sep., Season: Sep. - Oct.

STRAWBERRY PIPPIN England.
Medium sized fruit is striped and flushed red. Crisp, juicy flesh that is quite sweet.
Pol.Date: 17, Harvest: Sep., Season: Sep. - Oct.

STURMER PIPPIN Ribston Pippin X Non Pareil.Suffolk, England, 1831.
Excellent very late dessert apple. flavor develops in storage. Tree of moderate size, good producer. Wants warm microclimate.
Pol.Date: 13, Harvest: Nov., Season: Dec. - Apr.

SUMMER RAMBO (Rambour Franc, Lorraine, Rombour d'ete. No relation to "Rambo") France, 16th century.
Fine early eating apple that, when picked green, is suitable for cooking as well. Attractive, large, brightly striped, red fruit. Breaking, crisp, exceptionally juicy flesh. Subacid, aromatic flavor. Vigourous tree bears heavily and early. Some disease resistance.
Pol.Date: ?, Harvest: Sep., Season: Sep. - Nov.

SUMMER ROSE USA, 1806.
Dessert and cooking apple of unique beauty and excellence. Waxy yellow skin blended with red streaks and blotches. Sprightly, sweet and juicy flesh. Fully ripe in August but good for cooking in July.Good cropper.
Pol.Date: 13, Harvest: Aug.

SUNTAN Cox's Orange Pippin X Court Pendu Plat. England, 1955.
Medium-large fruit, gold-yellow flushed and striped orange-red. Flesh sweet-sharp, juicy, rich. Very good flavor. Tree vigorous, spreading, good cropper.
Triploid, Pol.Date: 20, Harvest: Oct., Season: Nov. - Feb.

SWAAR (Hardwick) NY, pre 1770.
One of the finest winter dessert apples. Large,dull yellow fruit with russet dots of uncommon flavor and richness; spicy and aromatic. Fine-grained, hard, crisp flesh. Pick while still firm for keeping. It will softens and mellow somewhat like a pear until slightly soft at which time it has velvety, tender and beautifully balanced flesh. Good in home orchards.
Pol.Date: 13, Harvest: Oct., Season: Oct. - Mar.

SWAYZIE Pomme Gris type, New York, 1872.
Best quality dessert apple. Golden yellow sprinkled with russet spots and streaks with cinnamon russet becoming solid at base. Rich, distinctive flavor; aromatic and sprightly. Tree vigorous, upright, moderately productive.
Pol.Date: ?, Harvest: Oct., Season: Nov. - Mar.

SWEET ALFORD England.
Cider apple of the sweet type to balance the bitter-sharp, also makes good juice. Fruit small-medium, pale yellow blushed pink. Sweet, juicy flesh. High quality. Tree moderately vigorous, spreading.
Pol.Date: ?, Harvest: Oct. - Nov.

SWEET BOUGH Old American Variety, 1817.
Best early "sweet" apple. Medium-large green apple.Juicy, tender flesh, honeyed sweetness. Tree is disease hardy, a heavy bearer.
Pol.Date: 12, Harvest: late Aug. - Sep.

SWEET SIXTEEN Northern Spy X Malinda. Minnesota, 1973.
Excellent dessert apple, uniquely flavored cooking apple. Large, red striped fruit.Firm, crisp, aromatic flesh. Moderately acidic. Resistant to scab and fire blight. Early annual bearing, hardy and vigorous tree.
Pol.Date: late, Harvest: Sep. - Oct., Season: stores well

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THUNDERCHILD CRAB
Ornamental crab with a pink bloom.

TOLMAN'S SWEET Believed Sweet Greening X Russet. USA, 1822.
Excellent for cider and drying, also a good dessert and baking apple. Large green or yellow apple, sometimes blushed red with lines of russet, often marked by a suture top to bottom. Flesh is firm, dry to moderately juicy, decidedly sweet. Historically, a highly esteemed "sweet" apple. Yields full crops annually.
Pol.Date: 16, Harvest: late Sep. - early Oct., Season: Nov. - Jan.

TRANSCENDENT CRAB USA
Beautiful and tasty dessert and jelly apple, an old favourite. Ribbed, golden-yellow fruit with a crimson cheek. Creamy yellow flesh with very good astringent, subacid flavor. Poor keeper. Vigourous, hardy tree. Good cropper.
Pol.Date: ?, Harvest: Sep.

TREMLETT'S BITTER England.
Bitter-sweet cider apple. Medium fruit, yellow skin flushed red. Tree moderately vigorous, good cropper, bears young.
Pol.Date: 8, Harvest: Oct.

TRIUMPH DE BOOSKOOP

TWENTY OUNCE(Cayuga Red Streak, distinct from Twenty Ounce Pippin) USA, 1844.
Very good cooker, good dessert and cider apple. Fruit very large, yellow-green flushed red-orange. Juicy, sweet flesh. Tree moderately vigorous, a good cropper.
Pol.Date: 14, Harvest: Sep. - Oct.

TYDEMAN'S RED(Tydeman's Early) Worcester Pearmain X Red McIntosh, England 1929.
Sauce and dessert apple. Early fall McIntosh type. Very attractive apple, good for market. Flushed scarlet with dark red streaks. flavor deteriorates in storage. Vigourous, productive tree. Scab and mildew resistant.
Pol.Date: 13, Harvest: late Aug. - Sep.

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VANDERPOOL RED
Dessert apple. Medium-small red fruit. Very firm and flavorful. Stays juicy in storage until April. Often included in early 20th century West Coast orchards. Small, reliably productive tree.
Pol.Date: 16, Harvest: late Oct., Season: Oct. - Apr.

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WAGENER New York, 1790s. Possible parent of Northern Spy.
One of the best late fall varieties for dessert, sauce, cider, juice and storage. Doesn't shrivel. Medium sized, glossy green, red flushed fruit. White flesh, very crisp, juicy and tender, resembles NorthernSpy in taste. Hardy, scab resistant tree bears well and heavily. Thinning necessary to produce large fruit.
Pol.Date: 9, Harvest: Oct., Season: Dec. - Apr.

WAYNE Northwest Greening X Red Spy.New York, 1951.
Dessert, canning, freezing and sauce apple. Large fruit. Good pollinator for late-blooming varieties.
Pol.Date: 19, Harvest: Sep., Season: Oct. - Nov.

WEALTHY Seedling of Cherry Crabapple. Minnesota, 1860.
Excellent dessert and multi-use apple, picked a few weeks early for cooking. Beautiful fruit ripens to bright red across the surface. Crisp, juicy flesh. Refreshing, sprightly, vinous flavor. Excels for home garden or orchard for many reasons. Profuse, long blooming period makes it a good pollinator. Heavy and early producer. Tends toward biennial bearing.
Pol.Date: 14, Harvest: Sep., Season: till Dec.

WHITE WINTER PEARMAIN USA, 1800s, possibly 1200s, England.
Late dessert apple and excellent keeper, an old favourite of mid-western USA. Light green fruit turns pale yellow with waxy dots. Crisp, tender, juicy, aromatic flesh.
Pol.Date: 13, Harvest: Oct., Season: Oct. - Mar.

WICKSON CRAB Newtown Pippin X Esopus Spitzenburg, USA 1944.
Excellent for cider. Small yellow and red fruit. Extraordinarily sweet, up to 25% sugar. Tree vigorous, a heavy cropper.
Pol.Date: ?, Harvest: Sep. - Oct., Season: Sep. - Oct.

WINTER BANANA Indiana, 1876.
Good dessert and cooking apple, keeps well. Strikingly beautiful, large and waxy late apple. Green ripening to yellow, cheek overlaid with pinkish-brown. Firm, crisp, juicy flesh with the distinctive aromatic flavor for which it is named. Tree bears young and annually.
Pol.Date: 15, Harvest: late Oct., Season: Oct. - Feb.

WOLF RIVER Probable seedling of Alexander. Wisconsin, 1875.
Spectacularly large, up to 1 lb. Outstanding culinary apple, good blended in cider as well. Pale yellow skin covered in dull red. Flesh is tender, subacid-tart, and juicy. Tree is long-lived, hardy and productive. Well-suited to this area due to high resistance to scab and mildew.
Pol.Date: 15, Harvest: late Sep. - mid-Oct., Season: Oct. - Dec.

WORCESTER PEARMAIN Possible Devonshire Quarrenden seedling. Worcester, England, 1874.
Popular dessert apple in England, best if allowed to ripen on the tree in September. Pale green-yellow skin almost completely covered with brilliant red flush. When fully ripe, it is crisp and sweet with a distinctive flavor.
Pol.Date: 14, Harvest: Sep., Season: Sep. - Oct.

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YARLINGTON MILL England.
High quality English cider apple. Firm, medium-sized fruit. Sweet to slightly bittersweet. Tree moderately vigorous, a heavy cropper.
Pol.Date: 15, Harvest: late Oct. - early Nov.

YELLOW BELLFLOWER New Jersey. Considered old in 1817. May be parent of Red Delicious.
Excellent cooking and cider variety. Good dessert apple later in season as flavor develops with time. 13.61% sugar. Large to medium-sized fruit. Smooth, lemon yellow skin blushed red to red-orange. Juicy and aromatic. Tree does well on warm, well-drained soils. Susceptible to scab.
Pol.Date: 12, Harvest: Oct., Season: Oct. - Feb.

YELLOW TRANSPARENT Russia, Introduced to USA in 1870.
Well-known early summer apple, good for drying, freezing, sauce, juice and wine. Good for pies when green. Transparent pale yellow skin. Crisp, light-textured, juicy flesh. Very sweet flavor. Process immediately because it will not store. Scab resistant.
Pol.Date: 10, Harvest: July - early Aug.

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ZABERGAU REINETTE Germany, 1885.
Very large, gold-brown russet fruit. Crisp, white flesh. Rich and nutty. We are looking for bud wood of this variety.
Triploid, Pol.Date: 13, Harvest: late Oct., Season: Nov.- Feb.

ZUCCALMAGLIO'S REINETTE Ananas Reinette X , Germany, 1878.
Dessert apple that has been described as "Strong harmonious fruitiness. Exciting and titillating with tones of wild strawberry, quince, pineapple, ripe pear and a fine floral touch." Rough sticky skin flushed brown-red with faint red stripes and some russeting. Fine grained flesh. Some disease resistance.
Pol.Date: 12, Harvest: Oct., Season: Nov. - Mar.