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Recommended Apple Varieties
Barnack Beauty
This old variety has a sharp flavour and crisp texture, can also be useful as a cooker and a reliable crop
Cox´s Orange Pippin
The fruit has flushed orange skin and the finest flavour in the apple world. But Cox´s isn´t easy to grow due to its susceptibility to disease
Discovery
This flushed red apple is probably the tastiest and juiciest of all the earlies with good, firm flesh. It is a partial tip bearer and has good resistance to disease
Egremont Russet
Its intriguing flavour combines honey and nuts. The fruit is small and golden with large patches of russeting and a rough skin
Ellison's Orange
A first class Cox style apple with a strong, aromatic flavour that crops early in the season and bears lovely spring blossom. It has some disease resistance
Elstar
This Dutch variety is descended from "Golden Delicious" and produces heavy yields of intensely flavoured, cloyingly sweet, juicy apples
Falstaff
A crisp, juicy, pleasantly sharp tasting apple, which also cooks well. Falstaff is a good variety for making apple juice and its yields are good
Fiesta
This is a Cox liek apple in terms of its flavour and fruit size. Fiesta is more reliable and a heavier cropper than its parent. Cox´Orange Pippin
Greensleeves
A cross between ´James Grieve´and ´Golden Delicious´. The fruit starts to ripen from early autumn but tastes best if it mellows on the tree a little
James Grieve
A classic early apple with excellent flavour and well balanced acidity, making it suitable for cooking as well as eating straight off the tree
Jonagold
Produces high yields of large, greenish yellow fruit with light red flushes. Apples have a good, crips flavour
Kidd´s Orange Red
A good cropper bearing yellow skinned fruit with orange-red flushes and patches of pale russeting. Has a superb Cox like flavour
Lord Lambourne
This early to midseason variety has a good compact habit, so is ideal for a small garden. The apples possess an excellent aromatic flavour
Pixie
The juicy, delicious, small apples are ideal for children. Pixie produces high yields of yellow apples, with orange-red flushes, which store well
Ribston Pippin
One of the parents of Cox´s Orange Pippin, this was considered to be the finest apple of its day before its famous prodigy appeared
Spartan
This popular variety has dark maroon fruit with crisp, white flesh. It possesses delicious elderflower aromas and has a slightly vinous flavour
Sunset
A tidy, compact, disease- resistant tree producing high yields of smallish fruits coloured yellow-orange. Thin out heavily to obtain large fruits
Worcester Pearmain
An early to midseason, partial tip bearer with small to medium, red-flushed fruits and superb strawberry aromas. It is prone to scab
There are other varieties which are cookers, so if you want that too I will post it
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