Acme Apples are large, irregularly-shaped but round apples with a smooth, yellow skin with a red to dark red flush. Inside, the yellow flesh is crisp, juicy and full-flavoured. The tree bears fruit heavily, but only every other year. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. Storage Hints Acme Apples can be stored up to a few months….
English Apples
Alfriston Apples
Alfriston Apples are large-sized, with bright green skin. The flesh is very juicy, with a tart flavour. The Alfriston Apple tree is very productive, delivering a late harvest. Cooking Tips Alfriston Apples are good cooking apples. They cook up to a light golden-brown purée. Storage Hints Alfriston Apples store well, but start to lose their…
Barnack Orange Apples
The green skin of Barnack Orange Apples is flushed red and some faint orange stripes, and displays some russetting. Inside, the aromatic flesh is firm, and relatively coarse and dry. It has a rich, sharp flavour with some sweetness. For fresh-eating. Storage Hints Stores for several months. History Notes Raised by a W.H. Divers, head…
Brownlees’ Russet Apples
Brownlees’ Russet are medium-sized apples, with brownish-green russetted skin. Inside the flesh is crisp, tender, firm, aromatic, and finely-textured with a rich, fruity, tangy taste. The tree, which is self-fertile, blossoms with dark pink flowers. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating and juicing or cooking. History Notes Brownlees’ Russet Apples were introduced November 1848 by a William…
Chisel Jersey Apples
Chisel Jersey are medium-sized apples. They have green skin with a red flush. Their flesh has an astringent, bittersweet taste. The fruit ripens in mid-November. The tree is very hardy, but it tends to bear every other year. Cooking Tips For cider. History Notes Chisel Jersey Apples originated in England in the 1800s.
Coe’s Golden Drop Apples
Coe’s Golden Drop are small-sized, somewhat flattened apples. They have yellow skin with a dark, bright red flush. Inside, they have yellowish, firm, crisp, juicy flesh with good sweet flavour. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. History Notes Coe’s Golden Drop Apples were known in Essex, England, by 1842.
Cornish Aromatic Apples
Cornish Aromatic are medium to large-sized apples. They are round with ribbing, and slightly tall. They have greenish-gold, russeted skin with a red flush. Inside they have crisp, tender, dry white flesh tinged with green. The flesh is aromatic, with a slightly nutty, spicy taste. The apples ripen in October, but some recommend leaving them…
Cornish Gilliflower Apples
Cornish Gilliflower are medium to large-sized apples. They are ribbed (5 ribs) and round, though somewhat tall. They have rough, russetted gold skin, with red flushes. Inside they have yellowish, rich-tasting, firm flesh, tinged green in the centre. The flesh is aromatic, with occasionally a hint of clove or melon. The tree is a light…
Crawley Beauty Apples
Crawley Beauty are medium to large-sized apples. They have dark green skin with red flushes. Inside, they have firm, dry flesh with a tart taste. The tree is a heavy, reliable producer that blossoms late. Ripe Crawley Beauty Apples won’t fall off tree. Cooking Tips For cooking. Cooks to a purée. Can be eaten fresh…
Crimson King Apples
Crimson King Apples grow to be about 2 ¼ inches (6 cm) wide, with bright-red skin. They have a tart flavour, with no astringency. The apples ripen in November. Cooking Tips Yields fruity, light-tasting cider. Can also be used for cooking. History Notes Crimson King Apples were first promoted by a John Toucher of Bewley…
Devonshire Quarrenden Apples
Devonshire Quarrenden are round, somewhat flattened, small to medium-sized apples, with shiny, dark-red skin with a bit of yellow underneath the red. The skin can be green where heavily shaded. Inside, they have crisp, juicy white flesh, which can be red-tinged near the skin. The flesh softens quickly once picked. The flesh has good, sweet…
Doddin Apples
Doddin Apples are very small apples, only about 1 ½ inches (3.5 cm) tall, and have the elongated shape of a chicken egg. They have very smooth green skin with a red flush on the side that got the sun. The juicy flesh inside is low in malic acid so there is little tartness in…
Fearns Pippin Apples
Fearns Pippin have bright red skin and juicy, crisp flesh. The flesh has a balanced sweet-sharp taste. Some people detect a hint of lemon after a period in storage, others say raspberry. The apples ripen in the early fall. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. Storage Hints Does not store well. History Notes Fearns Pippin Apples were…
Fiesta Apples
Fiesta are medium-sized, slightly flattened apples with green skin mostly covered with red. Inside they have yellowish, crisp, juicy, somewhat aromatic flesh with a tangy, sweet flavour. The apples ripen late September / early October. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. Storage Hints Stores until January. History Notes Fiesta Apples were developed at the East Malling Research…
Forge Apples
Forge are slightly oval, small to medium-sized apples. They have yellow skin covered with red stripes, and are occasionally flushed with orange. Inside, they have crisp, juicy, aromatic flesh. The apples ripen in December. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. Storage Hints Stores until December or January. History Notes Forge Apples were known by 1851 in England.
Gascoyne’s Scarlet Apples
Gascoyne’s Scarlet are large-sized apples. They have pale green skin, which is red on the side that got the sun. They have firm, somewhat juicy flesh, that will be pink just below the skin. The aromatic flesh has a taste which is sharp when first harvested, but which mellows and becomes sweeter in storage. The…
Gavin Apples
Gavin Apples are slightly oval, with greenish skin flushed with red. They have crisp, juicy flesh with a rich, sweet aromatic flavour. The blossoms in the spring are very attractive. October harvest. Cooking Tips For fresh eating. Storage Hints Stores until December. History Notes Gavin Apples were developed from crosses between Merton Worcester, Jonathan and…
George Cave Apples
George Cave are small-sized apples, with yellowish-green skin. As it ripens, the yellow becomes more pronounced, and the skin is flushed with red on one half, and with red touches on the rest. The creamy-white flesh is finely-textured, crisp, aromatic and juicy with a sharp, mildly-sweet taste with a balancing tartness. In East Anglia, England,…
Golden Noble Apples
Golden Noble Apples are round, with smooth pale yellow skin with red and occasionally green dots or flecks. Inside, they have crisp, firm white juicy flesh with a sharp, fruity flavour. The apples are ready to harvest in September. Cooking Tips For cooking. Cooks to a golden purée even when baked. Nutrition 25.1 mg of…
Golden Reinette Apples
Golden Reinette are small sized apples. They have golden yellow skin with some russetting and an orangey red blush on one side. The flesh has good fruity flavour with a balance of sweet and tart. October harvest. Cooking Tips Good for fresh-eating and cider. Storage Hints Stores well. History Notes Golden Reinette Apples were known…
Grange’s Pippin Apples
Grange’s Pippin Apples are round, with yellowish-green skin covered with a red flush on the side that gets the sun. Harvest is from mid-October to November in England. Cooking Tips For cooking; also for eating after a period in storage. The flesh holds its shape well when cooked. Storage Hints Stores well. History Notes Grange’s…
Greensleeves Apples
Greensleeves Apples are medium-sized apples with tough, greenish yellow or yellowish green skin. Sometimes there is a faint pink blush on the top side of the apple. Inside, its off-white flesh is slightly coarsely-textured, but crisp and juicy with a tart flavour. Greensleeves Apples are best for fresh-eating. Storage Hints Greensleeves Apples have a short…
Herrings Pippin Apples
Herrings Pippin are large-sized apples. They have dark green skin, with dull red almost covering one side. Inside, they have crisp, aromatic, juicy, slightly coarse flesh, getting more tender as it ripens. To some people it has a spicy taste. The tree is a reliable bearer, and delivers an early October harvest. Cooking Tips For…
Isle of Wight Pippin Apples
Isle of Wight Pippin are small to large-sized apples. They may be slightly ribbed. They have yellowish-green skin partly covered with reddish-orange and russet patches. Inside, they have juicy, aromatic, firm white flesh, tinged green, with a slightly sweet flavour. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating, or juice. Storage Hints The fruit ripens in October in England….