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Claygate Permain
1821, Surrey
A rich and aromatic flavoured eating apple that was grown in most Victorian and Edwardian country house gardens. Branch bent over showing flower and fruit-bud formation on horizontal branches
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Ashmead's Kernel
c1731, Gloucestershire
Eating apple with a strong, sweet-sharp intense flavour. Fruit has a slight russet appearance and should store well.
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Duke of Devonshire
1835, Cumbria
Popular Edwardian apple with an intense sweet-sharp flavour.
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Nottingham Pippin
1815, Nottinghamshire
Strongly flavoured almost russet like fruit. A good tree for training as an espalier or fan-shaped tree as the apples are fairly flat with a long stalk. This helps them to hang clear of the branch.
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Lane's Prince Albert
c1841, Hertfordshire
Late cooking apple which can also be used to make juice or artisan cider. Lovely blossom in mid-may.
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Michelin
1872 France
An old French cider variety with deep pink blossom. Very upright tree for a small garden.
Apples stay on tree until December.
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Warner's King
late 1700s, Kent
One of the most popular cooking apples in Victorian times. Similar flavour to Bramley, but a less vigorous tree makes it a better choice for a garden
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Scotch Bridget
c1851, Scotland
Cooking and cider apple. A hardy tree that grows well in poorer soils or in exposed places
Lovely white blossom in early May
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Tom Putt
late 1700s, Dorset
Cooking and cider apple. Tree grows well in poor soils and will produce a traditional ‘goblet shape’ if pruned carefully.
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Winston
1920, Berkshire
Derived from a Cox’s cross to give a sharper and richer apple flavour. Apples will store until the New Year to give a mellower flavour
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Newton Wonder
c1870, Derbyshire
Dual purpose cooking and eating apple if left on tree to ripen. The large fruits are good in savoury salads.
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Pitmaston Pineapple
1785, Hereford
Very small eating apple with an intense sweet-sharp, nutty and almost pineapple flavour. A small tree that would make a lovely ornamental feature in a garden
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Ellison's Orange
c1904, Lincolnshire
Eating apple described as ‘at best glorious’. Lovely dainty shape makes this an ideal garden tree.
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Bramley
1809, Nottinghamshire
Well known cooking apple that produces a lovely pale cream puree. Tree growth can be very vigorous and pruning should only be done sparingly. Not suitable for small/medium gardens.
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Bess Pool
1700s, Nottinghamshire
Named after an inn-keepers daughter who found the tree in a hedgerow. Fruit has a lovely crimson flush, and was widely used in Victorian fruit displays.
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Katy
1947 Sweden
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Blenheim Orange
c1740, Oxfordshire
Cooking and eating apple, good with cheese and for making apple charlotte. Strong tree with the limbs reputedly used to make cog wheels for trains.
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Cox's Orange Pippin
1825 Buckinghamshire
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James Grieve
1893, Edinburgh
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Baron Ward
1850, Nottinghamshire
Small cooking apple that keeps its shape when cooked. Would make good tarte tatin.
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Beauty of Stoke
1889, Nottinghamshire
Cooking apple with a sweet firm flesh.
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Court Pendu Plat
1613, France
Valued for centuries as a dessert apple which will keep and mellow to an intense flavour in the New Year. A small tree makes this a good choice for borders or to grow in large pots.
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Pig Aderyn
Welsh cooking apple with distinctive long ‘pig’s snout’-shaped apples.