Raised in the early twentieth century in South Buckinghamshire and in 1945 became the only culinary apple tree to receive an Award of Garden Merit for its blossom. Large greenish-yellow flushed orange-brown fruits. Excellent baking apple which cooks to a well-flavoured yellow purée which needs little sugar adding. Good for pies, sauce or baking. Heavy cropper. Suitable for colder areas and is more resistant to frost.
Pollination: Group 2. This plant is reasonably self-fertile but will fruit better with a pollinator. Choose a pollinator in group 1, 2 or 3 (click here for more details).

Bramley Clone 20 is a great improvement for gardeners from the regular Bramley, which is such a strong grower. It is far more controllable and gets its name from the fact that it is 20% less vigorous and therefore is 20% smaller than Bramley's Original. However, it will yield a very heavy crop of these excellent apples.
Pollination: Group 2. This plant requires a pollinator, choose 2 different pollinators from groups 1, 2 or 3 (click here for more details). This plant is a triploid and provides little pollen. It should therefore not be used as a pollinator.

This variety became widely known after 1883. Abundant apples with firm pale yellow flesh, acid, excellent cooker. Green with red stripes. Very vigorous. Considered by many to be the best cooking apple.
Pollination: Group 2. This plant requires a pollinator, choose 2 different pollinators from groups 1, 2 or 3 (click here for more details). This plant is a triploid and provides little pollen. It should therefore not be used as a pollinator.

Raised on the Isle of Wight in 1915-16. Heavy cropping, large to very large yellow-green flushed red first-class cooking apple, with fine juicy flesh which breaks down well when cooked. Growth vigorous. Suitable for colder areas and is more resistant to frost.
Pollination: Group 3. This plant requires a pollinator, choose a pollinator in group 2 or 3 (click here for more details).

Discovered in Woodstock, Oxfordshire growing against the wall of Blenheim Park, and exhibited in 1822. Large golden flushed red crisp fruits of fine flavour. Suits heavy soil. Considered by many to be the best dual purpose apple. Very valuable garden variety. Makes a strong limbed tree with very hard wood which was used to make cog wheels for railways! Suitable for colder areas and is more resistant to frost.
Pollination: Group 2. This plant requires a pollinator, choose 2 different pollinators from groups 1, 2 or 3 (click here for more details). This plant is a triploid and provides little pollen. It should therefore not be used as a pollinator.

This plant is registered for Plant Breeders' Rights. Propagation by unlicensed growers is prohibited.

Raised in Kent in 1964. First new cooker for 50 years. A good disease resistant variety. Cooked slices just keep shape, soft, juicy, light and sweet. In late winter it can be eaten as a dessert apple.
Pollination: Group 2. This plant requires a pollinator, choose a pollinator in group 1, 2 or 3 (click here for more details).

Raised by Charles Ross in Berkshire and first exhibited in 1890. Best used early for cooking when it bakes well. Very large, good, sweet flavoured, juicy orange-red eater. Easy to grow, scab resistant. Good exhibition variety and remains a good garden variety, even in Scotland. Suitable for colder areas and is more resistant to frost.
Pollination: Group 2. This plant is reasonably self-fertile but will fruit better with a pollinator. Choose a pollinator in group 1, 2 or 3 (click here for more details).

Crisp, sweet, juicy flesh, similar to Golden Delicious but with a coarser texture. One of the best keeping eaters for late spring but also cooks well, keeping its shape, and having a sweet, light flavour. Greenish yellow, slight brownish flush and grey lenticels (pores).
Pollination: Group 2. This plant requires a pollinator, choose 2 different pollinators from groups 1, 2 or 3 (click here for more details). This plant is a triploid and provides little pollen. It should therefore not be used as a pollinator.

Dates back to earlier than 1870. Its origin is Galloway in Scotland. Very attractive blossom followed by large yellow apples with freckled russet all over. Rich flavour when cooked, but the best flavour is early in the season. It then starts to lose some flavour when cooked, but is then suitable for dessert, when it has a sharp but full flavour. Good disease resistance. Pick September or October.
Pollination: Group 3. This plant requires a pollinator, choose a pollinator in group 2 or 3 (click here for more details).

Raised by James Grieve in Edinburgh and recorded in 1893. Makes a sweet, delicate stewed apple when picked early and is a good juicing variety. As an eater is tender, very juicy, excellent flavour, pale yellow with red flush. Regular cropper. Medium vigour. Suitable for colder areas and is more resistant to frost.
Pollination: Group 2. This plant is reasonably self-fertile but will fruit better with a pollinator. Choose a pollinator in group 1, 2 or 3 (click here for more details).

Amazing new dual purpose apple introduced in 2011. Considered to be the best flavoured , red fleshed eater with smooth red skin and deep red flesh. It is scrumptious with an old-fashioned sharp flavour and is very juicy. When cooked it keeps both its shape and deep pink colour well, and also produced a wonderful pink juice. It is also a very ornamental variety as its blossom is a solid crimson red.
Pollination: Group 3. This plant requires a pollinator, choose a pollinator in group 2 or 3 (click here for more details).

Raised in the 17th century by a physician Dr. Ashmead of Gloucester. Beautiful flowers, apples have a superb, intense, sweet aromatic flavour reminiscent of fruit drops, flesh firm and crisp. Skin green-yellow flushed orange-brown. A fruit for the connoisseur.
Pollination: Group 3. This plant requires a pollinator, choose a pollinator in group 2 or 3 (click here for more details).

A Somerset variety introduced about 1864. One of the very earliest dessert apples, sweet, juicy and pleasantly sharp. Bright red flush on pale yellow skin and flesh is sometimes pink. Best eaten straight from the tree! Heavy crops, spreading habit. Suitable for colder areas and is more resistant to frost.
Pollination: Group 1. This plant requires a pollinator, choose a pollinator in group 1 or 2 (click here for more details).

Very popular colourful eating apple, crisp, firm, aromatic and juicy. Now grows well here but enjoys a sheltered, sunny spot.
Pollination: Group 3. This plant is reasonably self-fertile but will fruit better with a pollinator. Choose a pollinator in group 2 or 3 (click here for more details).

Raised in 1920 by Mr. Chivers of Histon in Cambridgeshire, this attractive late variety is very easy to grow and produces a prolific crop of medium sized apples, similar in appearance to Cox’s, golden and flushed dark red. The dense, crisp and juicy flesh is sweet with a well balanced honeyed flavour. Tolerant of cold winters so suitable throughout the country. Its upright habit makes it good for growing in restricted spaces. Suitable for colder areas and is more resistant to frost.
Pollination: Group 3. This plant requires a pollinator, choose a pollinator in group 2 or 3 (click here for more details).

This new variety gives an exceptional, high quality eating experience. Apples, sweet and aromatic with lovely perfume plus very pleasent honey aftertaste. Very easy to grow with reliable heavy crops nationwide. Considered to be 'the new garden Cox'. Suitable for colder areas and is more resistant to frost.
Pollination: Group 3. This plant requires a pollinator, choose a pollinator in group 2 or 3 (click here for more details).

A modern variety producing wonderfully aromatic, highly flavoured, juicy, crisp, rosy red apples of Cox type but easy to grow. Suitable for growing nearly anywhere in the United Kingdom in a sunny position where it will be disease resistant. It was developed in 2008 for the charity promoting urban fruit production, The London Urban Orchard Project, hence its fun Cockney name.
Pollination: Group 2. This plant requires a pollinator, choose a pollinator in group 1, 2 or 3 (click here for more details).

The original Cox's Orange Pippin was raised in 1825 in Slough, Berkshire and has been popular ever since both as a commercial and garden variety. Unique fine flavoured aromatic fruit, tender and juicy. Not suitable for cold or wet soils. Compact heavy bearing tree, and completely self-fertile.
Pollination: Group 2. This plant is reasonably self-fertile but will fruit better with a pollinator. Choose a pollinator in group 1, 2 or 3 (click here for more details).

Raised in Essex in 1949. Regular good cropper, sweet, crisp, juicy apples of good flavour, aromatic with a hint of strawberry flavour, yellow flushed bright red. Flesh is often stained red. Moderate growth. Good commercial and garden variety. Suitable for colder areas and is more resistant to frost.
Pollination: Group 2. This plant requires a pollinator, choose a pollinator in group 1, 2 or 3 (click here for more details).

Very old variety, possibly raised on Lord Egremont's estate in Sussex. Recorded in 1872 but thought to be originally raised much earlier. Highly flavoured firm golden russet fruits of medium size. Crops well, moderately vigorous. Suitable for colder areas and is more resistant to frost.
Pollination: Group 1. This plant is reasonably self-fertile but will fruit better with a pollinator. Choose a pollinator in group 1 or 2 (click here for more details).

Lincolnshire variety recorded in 1904. Noted for intense rich aromatic flavour with taste of aniseed developing after picking, crisp yet soft with melting juicy flesh. Skin greenish-yellow streaked red. Hardy, easy to grow and prolific cropper. Suitable for colder areas and is more resistant to frost.
Pollination: Group 3. This plant is reasonably self-fertile but will fruit better with a pollinator. Choose a pollinator in group 2 or 3 (click here for more details).

A newer variety raised in 1972 in Kent. A cross between Cox's Orange Pippin and Idared. Superb aromatic Cox-like flavour but crisper texture and juicy white flesh. Reliable heavy cropper. Suitable for colder areas and is more resistant to frost.
Pollination: Group 2. This plant requires a pollinator, choose a pollinator in group 1, 2 or 3 (click here for more details).

This plant is registered for Plant Breeders' Rights. Propagation by unlicensed growers is prohibited.

Seedling variety found in Virginia, USA in the 1890s. Excellent, crisp, very sweet apples if picked when golden yellow and eaten straight from the tree. Reliable heavy cropper when grown in a warm position. Home grown are unlike 'supermarket' apples.
Pollination: Group 3. This plant requires a pollinator, choose a pollinator in group 2 or 3 (click here for more details).

The quality of this new variety is exceptional with a rich aromatic flavour. Small to medium sized rich golden brown apples with Cox-like flavour. Well-spurred and well-shaped tree with moderate vigour. Heavy cropping, and when mature fruit may need thinning in order to maintain a good-sized fruit. Disease resistant.
Pollination: Group 3. This plant is reasonably self-fertile but will fruit better with a pollinator. Choose a pollinator in group 2 or 3 (click here for more details).

This plant is registered for Plant Breeders' Rights. Propagation by unlicensed growers is prohibited.

Raised in 1947 in Sweden (Katja). Cross between James Grieve and Worcester Pearmain. Attractive bright rosy-red fruit, juicy, crisp and pleasant flavour with a hint of strawberries. Regular heavy cropper. Very hardy variety. Good for eating and juicing.
The variety has been used by the somerset cider company Thatchers for nearly 20 years to produce the popular, crisp and refreshing, single fruit variety cider 'Katy'. Suitable for colder areas and is more resistant to frost.
Pollination: Group 2. This plant requires a pollinator, choose a pollinator in group 1, 2 or 3 (click here for more details).

Heavy regular cropper. Yellow, heavily flushed red, flesh sweet, crisp, very aromatic and mellows to a wonderful unusual flowery flavour. One of the finest for flavour. Raised in New Zealand by James Kidd in 1924 and introduced to Britain in about 1932.
Pollination: Group 2. This plant requires a pollinator, choose a pollinator in group 1, 2 or 3 (click here for more details).

Raised in 1897 by Laxton Brothers in Bedford, a cross between Wyken Pippin and Cox's Orange Pippin. Very heavy cropper, sweet and aromatic having some of the richness and complexity of Cox's but very sweet. Flesh firm and juicy. Fruits medium to large, yellow with red flush.
Pollination: Group 3. This plant is reasonably self-fertile but will fruit better with a pollinator. Choose a pollinator in group 2 or 3 (click here for more details).

Excellent variety with superb fruity flavour. Striking scarlet flush; pink stained flesh, pink juice. Heavy cropper. Suitable for colder areas and is more resistant to frost.
Pollination: Group 3. This plant requires a pollinator, choose a pollinator in group 2 or 3 (click here for more details).

Bred in Norfolk in 1983 as a more colourful form of the Kent variety Falstaff which was raised about 40 years ago. Very frost resistant highly recommended self-fertile apple. Early cropping with aromatic fruit with well balanced flavour, crisp and juicy, which store very well. Very heavy yields. Excellent pollinator. Good disease resistance and suitable for colder areas and is more resistant to frost. Suitable for colder areas and is more resistant to frost.
Pollination: Group 2. This plant is reasonably self-fertile but will fruit better with a pollinator. Choose a pollinator in group 1, 2 or 3 (click here for more details).

This plant is registered for Plant Breeders' Rights. Propagation by unlicensed growers is prohibited.

Superb Cox-type flavour with very heavy crops. Frost hardy, very compact growth, ideal garden variety. Suitable for colder areas and is more resistant to frost.
Pollination: Group 2. This plant is reasonably self-fertile but will fruit better with a pollinator. Choose a pollinator in group 1, 2 or 3 (click here for more details).

A most highly esteemed Victorian dessert apple. Flavour intensely aromatic and rich, with juicy, firm, deep cream flesh high in vitamin C. Skin yellow with red flush. Vigorous, regular cropper. RHS Award of Merit. Believed raised 1707. Suitable for colder areas and is more resistant to frost.
Pollination: Group 1. This plant requires a pollinator, choose 2 different pollinators from groups 1 or 2 (click here for more details). This plant is a triploid and provides little pollen. It should therefore not be used as a pollinator.

Crisp, aromatically sweet apple with pinkish-orange stripes over yellow. Cross between Cox's and Golden Delicious.
Pollination: Group 2. This plant is reasonably self-fertile but will fruit better with a pollinator. Choose a pollinator in group 1, 2 or 3 (click here for more details).

This new variety is something very special, with its wonderful complexity of flavours, crisp, sweet and aromatic. It has been carefully bred for all UK garden conditions. Self-fertile, disease resistant, good pollinator and produces heavy crops of truly scrumptious red apples, even on young trees. As it is thin skinned it is ideal for young children. Suitable for colder areas and is more resistant to frost.
Pollination: Group 2. This plant is reasonably self-fertile but will fruit better with a pollinator. Choose a pollinator in group 1, 2 or 3 (click here for more details).

This plant is registered for Plant Breeders' Rights. Propagation by unlicensed growers is prohibited.

Raised from a seedling of Cox's Orange Pippin about 1918 in Kent. Very heavy regular cropper, superb aromatic flavour, crisp and juicy, golden-yellow with orange-red flush. A smaller apple than Cox but as it is much easier to grow is widely grown as a garden variety. Suitable for colder areas and is more resistant to frost.
Pollination: Group 2. This plant is reasonably self-fertile but will fruit better with a pollinator. Choose a pollinator in group 1, 2 or 3 (click here for more details).

Stunning new variety unlike any others, developed and recently released by the award winning grower William Barnet from Herefordshire. The apples have a brilliant, glossy, golden orange skin, enclosing an amazing pink flesh. The aromatic apples are firm flleshed, crisp and very juicy with a delicious flavour. This is a quirky, tasty new addition to the many wonderful English apple varieties. If picked in September and stored well it is still excellent up to Christmas.
Pollination: Group 1. This plant requires a pollinator, choose a pollinator in group 1 or 2 (click here for more details).

New very heavy cropping variety with exceptional quality, pink flushed apple which are rich, aromatic, crisp and juicy. Wins flavour contests consistently. This is an excellent garden variety.
Pollination: Group 2. This plant requires a pollinator, choose a pollinator in group 1, 2 or 3 (click here for more details).

Raised near Worcester and first grafted commercially in 1873. Densely sweet with an intense strawberry flavour when picked fully ripe, regular prolific cropper. Apples golden-yellow streaked crimson with white flesh. Very attractive distinctive blossom, almond opening to silvery white. Good commercial and garden variety. Suitable for colder areas and is more resistant to frost.
Pollination: Group 2. This plant is reasonably self-fertile but will fruit better with a pollinator. Choose a pollinator in group 1, 2 or 3 (click here for more details).

An old Scottish variety introduced in 1883. The story behind this variety was that a ploughman on Megginch Estate was caught stealing apples for his family and was shot by the gamekeeper. His body was returned to his widow who found some of the stolen apples in his pocket. She threw these on the rubbish heap and a seedling arose from the heap and this was named after the unfortunate ploughman. It is a mid to late season apple, ripening to a remarkable dark maroon red with a pink tinged flesh. Eaten straight from the tree it has a mild, fresh sweet flavour and is juicy. It makes excellent pink juicy and a good cider. Excellent for growing in Scotland as well as the rest of the UK.
Pollination: Group 3. This plant requires a pollinator, choose a pollinator in group 2 or 3 (click here for more details).

Somerset variety, the seedling being found probably in early 1900s by a Mr. William Dabinett. (Dabinett being quite a common surname in Somerset). Good crops of apples which are smallish, greenish-yellow with red stripes and a red flush. They have a strong aroma and distinctive flavour. Dabinett is grown in most cider producing areas as it makes a bittersweet cider with a mellow, full-bodied astringency. Many cider makers use this variety as a single apple variety due to its excellent qualities. Self-fertile, mid-season flowering. Harvest in November.
Pollination: Group 2. This plant is reasonably self-fertile but will fruit better with a pollinator. Choose a pollinator in group 1, 2 or 3 (click here for more details).

Very early variety dating back to early 1600s and thought to be raised by Lord Scudamore of Herefordshire. It produces an excellent cider and helped to establish the reputation of Herefordshire as a cider producing county. It had declined by the 1700s, but one tree was known to have survived. Subsequently many red-streaked apples have been given this name.
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Thought to have arisen in the village of Kingston in Somerset in the late nineteenth century. Apples are small, deep red with a dark maroon flush. They produce a full-bodied cider with a very distinctive flavour. Mid-flowering period, harvest early November.
Pollination: Group 2. This plant requires a pollinator, choose a pollinator in group 1, 2 or 3 (click here for more details).

This west country variety was raised in either Dorset or Devon in the late 1700s. Very useful dual purpose apple used for cooking, and for cider making or adding sharpness to cider blends. Fruit has bright red flush with stripes; flesh is firm, crisp and quite sharp, but sweet when cooked. Vigorous, spreading habit, good regular cropper.
Pollination: Group 3. This plant requires a pollinator, choose a pollinator in group 2 or 3 (click here for more details).

Create your own apple trees by using the age old art of grafting. It is an excellent way to make a young tree from an old favourite which is now old and not fruiting well, to create a tree from an unknown but delicious variety in a friend’s garden or it is even a way of taking a favourite from your own garden to a new garden if you are moving house. All you will need will be the scion wood from the tree, an appropriate rootstock, a good knife, some grafting sealant and some grafting tape.

If the idea of producing your own fruit tree appeals to you but you know you do not have the appropriate skills, then come to our annual Graft and Grow (Apple Scion Swap) Event held over a weekend in February. At this there will be an expert in the art of grafting who will be able to show you the way to tackle this age old craft, or do it for you. For more details please refer to our Garden Centre web site www.buckinghamgardencentre.co.uk.

All heights quoted are approximate as these can vary considerably depending on soils and the variety being grafted.

M9 - dwarf, early fruiting apple stock. Permanent staking needed as roots are fine. Height when trained as bush 9ft (2.7m).
M26 - semi-dwarf, a little larger and sturdier than M9. Needs staking on most sites. Tolerant of average soil and cold. Height when trained as bush 8-10ft (2.4-3m).
MM106 - good general purpose semi-vigorous stock. Good for weaker varieties. Permanent staking only on exposed sites. Height when trained as bush 9-15ft (2.7-4.6m).
MM111 - vigorous and disease resistant producing heavy crops. Good for half standard trees. Tolerant of poor or drier soils. Height when trained as bush 12-15ft (3.7-4.6m).