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Heritage apple varieties on DWARF rootstock. These apples are ideal for back yards, small orchards, espaliers or anywhere where space is tight. Varieties ripen from Christmas to July providing 6 months of fruit. Wee included some more recent varieties as well as historic ones. There are excellent eating apples, cookers, big, small, common and un...
Heritage apple varieties on DWARF rootstock. These apples are ideal for back yards, small orchards, espaliers or anywhere where space is tight. Varieties ripen from Christmas to July providing 6 months of fruit. Wee included some more recent varieties as well as historic ones. There are excellent eating apples, cookers, big, small, common and unusual. Something for every occasion.
In our opinion the best of the early apples. It's from the McIntosh group developed in New Jersey, USA in the 1950's. It ripens about 10 days later than Beauty of Bath. Creamy yellow skin striped scarlet, smallish in size with a lovely perfumed crisp and juicy flesh.
Grown extensively in the West Country of England as far back 1670, but probably of French origin. It has small fruit, crimson red in colour and yellow aromatic flesh that tastes a little of strawberry. Ripens in January - February. Cooks quite well.
An early apple popular in the UK. Found in Essex in the 1940's it's a seedling of Worcester Pearmain. Like other early apples, the flavour is light and an on the acid side, but crisp and juicy. An attractive round shape if a little squat. It develops a bright red cheek over a light greenish yellow background. Well worth considering as an early eating apple.
Originated in Scotland in 1890, thought to be a seedling of Cox's Orange Pippin and the parent of Lord Lambourne. A particularly beautiful apple, with red stripes overlying a skin of yellow/green. The flesh is tender and melting, very juicy with just that perfect sweet/acid balance like a good mango, mandarin or pineapple. Very memorable.
From Yorkshire UK around 1700, thought to be the parent of both Cox's Orange Pippin and Sturmer. Dark orange with quite a bit of russet on the skin and a reddish stripe. Rich dense aromatic flesh makes it one of our favourite eating apples. 'Redolent of Autumn' said an English friend.
A medium sized red striped yellow apple with a terrific crunch and reliably pleasant sweet flavour. It's become quiet well known in Australia, being for sale in many of our shops and supermarkets. It's actually about 90 years old, developed by New Zealander John Kidd in the 1930's as a cross between a Golden Delicious and another one of his selections,...
Ripens earlier than most russets and valued for it's sprightly rich flavour. Juicy and sweet with a nice balance of acidity. The skin is a broken golden russet over a greenish background. Originating in St Edmunds, Suffolk UK about 1870.
This is undoubtedly the most visually attractive apple we grow. It has pink and red stripes and flushes over a pale green background. Matures early about the same time as Gravenstein. The flesh has a mild sweet flavour but with quite an acid tang. There are lots of old St Lawrence trees in our area and it must have been quite an important commercial...
Of unknown origin, assumedly French, but often considered incorrectly named. This apple definitely has French character. It is largish in size and blocky oblong in shape with a fine russet skin and greenish crisp tart yet sweet aromatic flesh. It's an apple of very high quality. Ripens mid-season to late in April.
An apple of French origin that can only be called massive. Flattish with green skin striped red on sunny side. Feedback from some of my customers is that Belle Cacheuse is an excellent and impressive fruit both fresh and cooked.
One of the most famous English apples, originating around 1740 near Blenheim Castle, Oxford, England. Rather large in size with orangey yellow skin streaked with red. The flesh is coarse and yellow, but rich and aromatic in flavour. This is a true dual purpose apple - great eaten fresh or cooked (goes fluffy). Ripens early March.
A seedling of Jonathan from Batlow NSW discovered in the 1920's by Ben Atkinson, Bonza is a favourite Australian apple. It's a medium sized, highly flavoured, red apple that ripens mid season. It has a conical shapeand when ripe hangs on the tree in very good condition for over a month. It also stores well. Suitable for low-chill conditions.
England's most popular cooking apple - and for good reason - when cooked produces a puree that is unsurpassable both in texture and flavour. It has a firm tart acid flesh, with green skin flushed brownish-red on the sunny side. The fruit are large in size with a slightly irregular shape. Stores very well.
A stunning apple imported from Canada in the 1930's and grown at Hayes prison farm near New Norfolk, Tasmania. A small to medium apple, and cross between Mcintosh and Newtown Pippin (parent of Spartan). Sweet and fragrant, very white flesh with a tinge of pink. Pinkish to bright red skin. Appears to bear heavily and regularly - a little later than...
Allowed to ripen on the tree, the Golden Delicious develops into a large yellow coloured apple bursting with crunch, juice and sweetness. Often a splash of russet near the stem, tiny specks over the skin and an orange blush on the sunny side. Stores well. Discovered in USA at the end of the 1800's. An entirely better experience when left to ripen on the...
One of the world's most famous apples originating around 1800 in Ontario, Canada. It's a bright red apple, roundish shaped that fits gently into the hand, with a bit of stripe or fleck in the colouring. It has sweet scented white flesh, occasionally with pink streaks. It at least partially self fertile and a good provider of pollen. Probably America's...
A most impressively large apple named after a Scottish pomologist, Dr Robert Hogg, who compiled the Herefordshire Pomona. It's a large culinary apple, greenish yellow with prominent ribs from top to bottom and cooks to a beautiful aromatic fluff. Eating it fresh is pleasant too, but not often
A smallish golden-green apple similar to a Golden delicious in colour who it's belived to be the parent of. Complete with the little flecks of russet and the russeted collar. It was found in West Virginia USA in 1804 by Thomas Grime, and being the parent of the Golden, makes this a truly historic apple. The flesh has a pleasant sweetness and a subtle...
An English apple, named after Bess who found this growing wild in Nottinghamshire around 1820. Late and good keeping dessert apple, with a sharp flavour though sweet when ripe. Striped and flushed scarlet over green skin. Flowers very late with Court Pendu Plat.
Prized in the kitchen - famous for making delicious 'tartes aux pommes' as it holds its shape when cooked. Under an irregular yellowish russeted skin, it has an appealing aromatic flesh that is wonderful eaten fresh and excellent for making cider. A true historic apple dating back to the 1600's in Normandy, France.
A handsome old English apple from Cornwall discovered in 1813. High quality eating apple, quite squat in shape with yellow flushed, red skin with occasional russet patches. The flesh is firm, yellow and when caught at its peak of ripeness has a wonderfully aromatic flavour with a hint of anise. Ripens here in early May.
A very handsome late ripening, deep red apple - a cross between Jonathan and Wagener from Idaho USA in 1942. Crisp flesh and an uncomplicated sweet / acid tasting flesh. Great cooked as well as eaten fresh and stores exceptionally well.
A cross between Golden Delicious and Jonathan, Jonagold grows medium to large red fruit of intense flavour. The creamy yellow flesh is light, terrifically crunchy and memorably juicy. Solid Red skin with some yellow tones, and maybe a little stripe. Creamy The flavour has the tantalising taste of both parents. Ripens quite late and excellent keeper. If...
Literally translates 'Apple of the Prince' but known by many other Germanic names, widely grown in Europe. It has a characteristic long shape, orange/red in colour with rich dense aromatic flesh. Keeps well.
Also called Golden Reinette, one of Europe's most famous old apples, as far back as the 1600's. It ripens fairly late, has a russeted skin and dense aromatic flesh. Used for both eating and cooking, Reinette dorée was typically one of those apples cellared to be used from Christmas onward through an European winter.
Large and blocky in shape and orange-red to dark red in colour it has yellowish white very crisp flesh, sweet yet subacid. Like Freyberg and Braeburn, another excellent NZ apple. Ripens late but hangs and stores well.
Large red fruit striped with yellow and juicy, sweet flesh. Originating in Western Australia, 1973 by John Cripps, this is a cross between a Golden Delicious and Lady Williams. That makes it the sister to Pink Lady. A very palatable and successful Australian apple. Suitable for low-chill climates.
A well known variety developed in Japan from it's parent Red Delicious. An attractive red skin, crisp yellowish flesh, uncomplicated deep sweet flavour and is always predictably juicy. Medium to large sized fruit. Fuji stores well - improving in quality and flavour. A thoroughly modern apple, and one of the latest maturing varieties. Suitable for...
This famous apple originated as a chance seedling in the back garden of a Mrs. Mary Anne Smith of Ryde near Sydney around 1860. It's thought to be the offspring of a variety called 'French Crab' which it closely resembles. Granny's are large and very green with prominent dots on the skin. The white flesh is very crisp, juicy and acid. Unfortunately the...
Most people will know Pink Lady because of it's popularity Australia wide. It's has fairly large fruit with excellent appearance, pink to pale red blush over a yellow background. Nicely flavoured pale yellow firm flesh. Matures very late and stores very well. Presently Australia's most famous apple: 3rd generation Australian, starting from Rokewood -->...
Lodi is one of the early apples, a medium sized apple light green to greeny-yellow when ripe. Like all early apples, they just dont keep, but their sprightly flavour signifies the beginning of the apple season, and make them worth growing. Thought to be an offspring of white transparent (and Montgomery), and has probably superior in both flavour and shelf...
A long narrow shaped pale yellow apple with white on the sunny side. Crisp, with high acid content making it quite zingy eaten fresh and excellent cooked. A seedling from a white transparent and like it's parent doesn't keep long. Interestingly, it died out in England, and we have sent propagating material back to the UK.
Empire is a cross between Mcintosh and Red Delicious, a result of an extensive breeding program in Geneva, New York in 1945. It's a medium to large apple, very red and regular in shape, almost perfectly round. It has an uncomplicated flavour, sweet cruncy slightly creamy flesh. Interestingly, it's sibling "Spartan" which has the same parentage is quite...
Goldsmith is a cross between Granny Smith and Golden Delicious. Completely green in colour, the shape is destincly less round than a Granny and more that of a golden delicious. The flavour is also a remarkable mix of the two - one can appreciate the acid of the Granny, but the sweet of the Golden.
This apple is a cross between James Greives and Golden Delicious, developed in 1966 in Kent, UK. Sweet, juicy and crisp, with a warm yet slighly sharp taste make it a very good eating apple.Inherited from the Golden Delicious is the golden yellow skin with little russet spots, but a slightly squatter in shape.
An attractive Australian apple, greenish-white skin with red on the sunny side. Flavour similar to Granny Smith, with dense crisp flesh. Tends to hang for a long time on the tree. Thought to be a seedling of Granny Smith. Rated highly at our recent apple tasting.
This is a majestic apple - large dense dark green apple with flattish sides. Often a little red develops on the sunny side. White flesh. Known in England as far back as the 1600's. Good eaten fresh but comes into itself as a cooker (a costard) that develops a wonderful spicy flavoured pulp.
A cross between James Grieve and Worcester Pearmain. Often used to be marketed as Cox's Orange Pippin and is of comparable high quality, but a much easier apple to grow and one of the few apples considered to be self pollinating. Orange flush over green skin, with a hint of russet. Flesh creamy white, juicy and well flavoured. Matures late March just...
Also known as Snow apple, Lady in the Snow, Fameuse, Chimney Apple and about 20 other names which reflects its popularity and how widely distributed this variety is. Originated around 1730 in Quebec, Canada an offspring of McIntosh. The attractive smallish fruit have red sometimes striped skin on a background of pale red and green. The flesh is very white
An amazing apple, drawing qualities from both it's parents - Golden Delicious and Cox's Orange Pippin. So it's easy to see why is so widely enjoyed. Medium sized fruit, the skin a lovely greenish yellow and has the tiny russet fleck similar to a Golden. It ripens midseason and hangs well on the tree.
A very attractive almost perfectly round apple, mostly red, with an occasional stripe but a destinctive collar of russeted yellow around the stem. Very good eating apple with good flavour and crunch. Originated in the Netherlands, in the town of Elst in the 1950's. It's a Golden Delicious crossed with on otherwise hardly known apple called Ingrid Marie.
The fruit are quite attractive - bright red and medium in size, but that is the red flesh and white core are quite remarkable when bitten into. The flavour is sweet and the tree crops heavily. Like its parent, the Huonville Crab, it has purple/ green leaves and stem. Quite remarkable. This apple is the result of my fathers' efforts into apple breeding....
A very famous apple - a classic red apple with a distinctive shape. Red, with a yellow stripe, with a mild sweet flavour, and firm flesh. Discovered as a chance seedling in Iowa 1880 where it was called Hawkeye, and later sold to Starks Brothers who renamed it Delicious. It has enjoyed huge success as a commercial apple, up to as recently as 10-20 years...
A recent Newzealand cultivar (2000), arising as chance seedling. Sweet, crisp with moderate sized fruit. The tree is vigorous and disease resistant, and the fruit found to have the highest flavonoids and antioxidant levels of any other apple variety tested.