English Apples
APPLE PAGES; MAIN VARIETIES IN BOLD:
..Adam's Pearmain..
..Akane..
..Allen's Everlasting..
..Allington Pippin..
..Annie Elizabeth..
..Bramley..
..Brown's..
..Christmas Pearmain..
..Cox..
..Crawley Beauty..
..D'Arcy Spice..
..Dr. Kidd's Orange Red..
..Dumelow's Seedling..
..Ecklinville Seedling..
..Elstar..
..Gloster 69..
..Hambledon Deux Ans..
..Hidden Rose..
..Hoary Morning..
..Howgate Wonder..
..Isle of Wight Pippin..
..James Grieve..
..Kent..
..Lane's Prince Albert..
..Laxton's Fortune..
..Lord Lambourne..
..Margil..
..May Queen..
..MM106..
..Monarch..
..Newton Wonder..
..Old Pearmain..
..Pixie..
..Polly Whitehair..
..Red Devil..
..Ribston's Pippin
..Sir John Thorneycroft..
..Sunset..
..Winston..
..Winter Banana..
..Wisley Crab..
..Wyken Pippin..
NOT IN NATIONAL FRUIT COLLECTION
..Anniversary..
..Api Etoille..
..Burford Red*..
..Burford Yellow*..
..Croft Late*..
..Croft Pippin*..
..Croft Sharp*..
..English Codlin..
..Liberty..
..Mere Pippin*..
..Sandlands..
..West Virginia Sweet*..
..Whitwick Pippin* (aka Berkin Beauty)..
..Witney Deerpark* ..
..Wyggeston Pippin*..
* denotes unique seedling.
RARE AND LOST APPLES
..Blackjack..
..French Codlin (Leicester-Burton Pippin)*..
..George's Red..
..Langton Nonsuch*..
..Martin's Custard..
..Metton Roy..
..Marriage-Maker*..
..Norfolk Rattlebox..
An asterisk under 'rare and lost' means we are looking for scions of this variety. Please contact us if you can help.
RED-FLESHED APPLES
Introduction ....
Index of known varieties ....
Göttingen ....
Apple Contacts....
LEICESTERSHIRE APPLES
Twenty or so varieties which originated in Leicestershire.
MYSTERY PEAR
See separate page for mystery pear found in Witney, Oxfordshire.
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Pictures
Vitamin ...C ...content
Origin of ...the Domestic Apple
Looking after ..........a young fruit tree...
Where English apple varieties got their Names
Dealing with a glut of apples ........... cidermaking
British Apples............ a call for less diversity, 1829
Unusual apples .......... varieties from Leicestershire
Ancient crafts...Rural Cidermaking in the 1800s.
You have a tree from a pip? What to do with it....
A very common Victorian Object Lesson
Fruit trees...... why ants are useful
Domestic varieties,1829
Wild Apples
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click on the stalk for: planting a
tree, tree problems, favourite varieties....
BBC Radio 4:Gardeners' Question Time (GQT)
GROW IT magazine: ....
information...
website...
More articles:
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Wines .
Versailles:le Potager du Roi
English types .. some Cider Varieties .
Pomologists ... can you identify this variety? .
The problem of Biennial Bearing in Fruit Trees .
Fruit at Brogdale ......the National Fruit Collection .
Pollination in Domestic varieties: Crane & Lawrence .
English apples absent from National Fruit Collection .
British Library ...................... The Tree of Knowledge
Measuring the Vitamin C level in different varieties .
Vitamin C levels in English Apples.......... results .
More on Vitamin C in stored English Apples .
Pollination..... in a commercial orchard .
Triploids, diploids and bad pollen .
Storing late varieties .
News .
Click on the stalk for toasted apples and grafting...
MORE ARTICLES:
Rootstocks .
Repotting a fruit tree .
Cider versus wine, 1829 .
Apple Chimeras .
More Apple Chimeras .
Propagating Rootstocks in containers .
Propagating Rootstocks in the ground .
Dealing with woolly aphis .
Picking fresh apples in December .
Croft Cider? - evaluating a cider variety .
Cultivation according to Mrs.Beeton (c1860) .
2006 - a good year for Bramleys - and others .
Pick Fresh apples on New Year's Day .
Should I buy a Family Apple Tree? .
Apples from the Isle of Wight .
Winter fruit - pictures .
Croft Collection .
Blossom .
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NATIONAL FRUIT COLLECTION
Brogdale, just outside Faversham in Kent, is home to the National
Fruit Collections, the largest collection of
fruit trees in the world. 1,800 varieties of apple, 550 of pear, 350 of plum, 220 of cherry, 320 varieties of
bush fruit, and smaller collections of nuts and vines, grown in 150 acres of beautiful orchards.
http://www.brogdale.org/
NATIONAL ORCHARD FORUM
The National Orchard Forum is a voluntary umbrella organization which represents the 20-30 heritage orchard groups, exchanging information and raising awareness of national orchard issues. It helps to set up orchard groups in parts of the UK where none exist.
http://www.nat-orchard-forum.org.uk/
SUPPLIERS OF APPLE TREES:
Deacon's Nursery, Godshill, I.O.W - they stock a staggering 300+ UK varieties. Their website is at
www.deaconsnurseryfruits.co.uk .
"GROW IT" MAGAZINE
New monthly national gardening mag. aimed at fruit and veg growing enthusiasts.
Nigel (Diversity website owner) has an article on grafting apples in
issue 2, May 07). Website:
http://www.growitmag.com
TREE SURGERY
Arbor Cura, a tree surgery company in Brighton, will plant a free native tree of your choice for every one
they remove. The website is at
http://www.arborcura.com/
Tel: 01273-823550 / 07767-333559
Email: enquiries@arborcura.com
SELF-HELP
"Fruitful Prospects - Ripe for the Picking" is the title of
an inspirational book by John Clements. It's full of allusions to
fruit, but it's really a kick-start self-help guide. John has taken
the time to get this book exactly right, and I recommend it strongly.
John's website is at
www.lifewisecoaching.org
GARDENERS' HAND LOTION
This is a non-commercial site, but I have been impressed by a product from
the Pioneer Trading Co. of Tattershall, Lincoln: a gardeners' hand lotion, based
on golden emu oil, a natural anti-inflammatory from Australia. It's kind to the
hands and non-greasy.Their website is at
http://www.pion-tc.co.uk
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