Dwarf Plants

For picking and eating September to October, the medium sized, golden yellow fruits are flushed bright red on the sunny side, and the flavour is exceptional. Sweet and aromatic with firm flesh that later becomes soft. The blossom is frost tolerant and provides a heavy crop. Resistant to Scab. Can be prone to canker in some areas, otherwise very easy and trouble free. Ideal pollinators are: Greensleeves, Charles Ross, James Grieve, Redsleeves and Sunset.

Raised by the East Malling Research Station and released about the same time as Jupiter, but somewhat overshadowed by that variety at the time. For picking from early September to November, the blossoms have good frost tolerance. Good, compact growth and suitable for growing everywhere. The fruits are bright red on a yellow background, and the flesh is crisp and juicy with an excellent texture and flavour. An easy to grow variety. Ideal pollinators are: Fiesta, Redsleeves, Greensleeves, James Grieve etc. jester is proving to be a superb apple for garden culture.

Introduced by Chris Bowers and Sons A very different and almost unique variety selected from the same breeding house as the esteemable Red Devil. Where as the Red Devil has already achieved mass popularity, White Knight is probably destined for a more selective market as it seems to be the kind of apple people either love or find uninteresting. White Knight is a very, very pale milky cream coloured apple with a delicate and subtle, sweet but not insipid flavour ‘reminiscent of peardrops’. It is ready for harvest in October and will store for several weeks. Something different for the…

This late season dessert variety is a Cox/Worcester cross. The fruits are brightly flushed and striped orange-red over a greenish background and have an extremely rich, aromatic flavour. Later in its season the flavour softens becoming more like its Cox parent. The fruits are ready for picking in October and will store at least until February. Suitable pollinators include: Winter Gem, Redsleeves, Red Ellison, Grenadier, James Grieve etc.

A variety notable for its beautiful drooping habit which has made it sought after for lawn and specimen planting. A small bright greenish yellow, golden flushed apple which ripens in September. The rather decorative fruits have sometimes been used for ornamental purposes as late as Christmas. The yellow flesh has a crisply refreshing flavour which used to command a high market value in the Kent and London area, but is seldom seen today. Pollinate with Redsleeves, Falstaff, James Grieve, Jester etc.

Ready for picking in October. The very large, round, shiny red fruit is evenly shaped and has a very polished appearance. The flavour is superb, with a very juicy crisp flesh. The trees are moderately vigorous, but have a neat, compact growth. Also excellent for chalky soils, the north and west and has a resistance to Scab. The fruits are of outstanding beauty and are like eating a superb large Cox. A favourite eating variety for many years. A very regular cropper. Suitable pollinators are: Greensleeves, James Grieve, Spartan, Gloster 69, Howgate Wonder, Redsleeves etc.

Raised in 1956, so not especially old but a variety never fully appreciated and deserving wider cultivation, the fine, bright coloured fruits are ready for picking mid October and for use right through December, the flavour is excellent rich, aromatic but sweet too. Gavin arose as a cross of Merton Worcester and a seedling variety with a scab resistance and this quality has been passed on: Gavin has excellent scab resistance and disease resistance in general, as well as beautiful blossom. Recommended. Pollinate with Greensleeves, Orleans, Charles Ross etc.

An interesting and rather valuable old variety first mentioned as long ago as 1744. This dual purpose variety has the shape colour and, at times, smell of a lemon. Very distinctive, when ripe the flesh is sweet enough for desert, yet still maintains an underlying acidity which makes it very satisfying to eat. Cooked it is useful for a whole range of recipes, including Apple Jelly, Tarts and Mincemeats. Season October-December, often later. Pollinate with Spartan, Merton Knave, Ellisons, Howgate Wonder etc.

Picking in October for eating December to March. A delicious flavour with crisp, sweet, juicy fruits. Medium sized, greenish yellow flushed with orange-red. Prolific cropping with good disease resistance. An excellent variety. Pollinators include: Charles Ross, Orleans, Spartan etc.

For eating early December onwards the fruits will keep late into the spring. Soft flesh. Pollinators include: Charles Ross, Redsleeves, Fiesta etc.