English Apples - Pictures
Click on the text to view the pictures. Each apple is shown actual size, as close as I can get it, in most cases. # denotes not in National Fruit Collection. I am gradually replacing the lower resolution pictures now that more people have broadband. Some of the apples appear more than once - top and bottom views, for example, or from sunny and shady locations - to aid identification. Two apples of the same variety can have surprisingly different appearances depending on the growing conditions.
APPLES
Adam's Permaine: Hanbury Hall
Akane
Alfriston
Allen's Everlasting: late, hard green russet with sharp Cox -type flavour. Brogdale.
Allen's Everlasting: red on sunny side but flavour unmistakable; on tree 2 Dec 05
Allington Pippin: - dual purpose apple, a week after picking, Croft
Allington Pippin
Allington Pippin
American Mother
Annie Elizabeth: very late Cox-like apple, Brogdale, 16 Oct (correct ident?)
Annie Elizabeth: Ratby community orchard, Leics, 5 Sep. The best keeper of all.
Annie Elizabeth - Deacon's Nursery
Annie Elizabeth - Deacon's Nursery
Anniversary: Deacon's Nursery: IOW apple
Api Rose
Arthur Turner
Ashmead's Kernel: - Hanbury Hall 2006
Ashmead's Kernel: late russet with nutty flavour; looks like Allens Everlasting. Brogdale.
Autumn Permain: - specimen from Brogdale
Barnack Orange: - Stamford apple; Brogdale exhibition
Beauty of Kent: - Isaac Newton apple -from Hanbury Hall
Beauty of Kent
Bess Pool - reddish purple apple
Bess Pool - in shady location
Blenheim Orange - large flat dual-purpose apple
Blenheim Orange
Bloody Ploughman - dark purple apple
Blackjack# - dark red, very late acidic apple: picture from Colin Rudling
Blackjack# - another picture: from Colin Rudling
Bramley - Croft
Bramley - Croft
Bramley, very ripe; top of tree - Croft
Bringewood Pippin
Brownlees Russet
Brownlees Russet Ratby, Leics
Brownlees Russet Deacon's Nursery
Brown Snout - cider apple, Brogdale exhibition
Broxwood Foxwhelp - cider apple, Brogdale exhibition
Burford Apple# - late, red-skinned dessert, sweet
Burford Apple# - on MM106 in container, unripe, Oct 05, Leicestershire
Burford Apple# - grafted onto Claygate Permaine tree
Burford Red# - on MM106 in container, nearly ripe, 10 Dec 05, netted
Burford Red# -on MM106 in container, nearly ripe, 10 Dec 05, netted
Burford Yellow#
Burford Sour#
Calville Blanc
Calville Rouge
Caroline
Catshead: - Hanbury Hall
Catshead - Church Stretton Apple Day
Charles Ross: - Hanbury Hall
Chivers Delight
Christmas Permaine
Christmas Pearmain - Deacon's Nursery
Cider apples: clockwise: Ellis Bitters, Dabinett, Michelin; two thirds size
Clark's Cox
Claygate Permaine - late apple with strong pineapple flavour, Croft
Claygate Permaine - Croft
Claygate Permaine
Collington Big Bitters - Cider Apple, Brogdale exhibition
Cornish Aromatic - similar to Ribston. Croft.
Cornish Gilliflower
Costard
Court Pendu Plat
Cox's Pomona: - Hanbury Hall
Crawley Beauty
Crawley Beauty: Deacon's Nursery
Crab, red - from ornamental malus
Crab, yellow - from Golden Hornet seedling
Crimson Bramley: actual size; crimson sport of Bramley
Crispin - Hanbury Hall
Crispin - Church Stretton
Croft Sharp #: unidentified cider apple from Croft, Leicestershire; Bramley for scale
Croft Sharp #: More cider apples from Croft, 2006
Croft Late Seedling#: : hard and crunchy Leicestershire apple, mid-Oct
Croft Late Seedling#: on M26, Leicestershire - the tree, early November
Colonel Vaughan
Croft Late Seedling two apples on tree, photo 10 Dec 05
Croft Late Seedling tree in pot, photo 11 Dec 05
Croft Late Seedling#: - 12 weeks after picking, photo mid-Feb
Croft Late Seedling#: 10 Nov 06
Croft Late Seedling# Nov 06 - bloom on skin
Court of Wick
Crimson Queening
D'Arcy Spice: - late russeted apple with crunchy citrus flavour
Dartmouth Crab Ratby
Dartmouth Crab, Brownlees Russet for scale Ratby
D'Arcy Spice - Church Stretton; from two different trees
D'Arcy Spice - Croft; private orchard
Devonshire Quarrenden: - very early apple; parent of Worcester Permain, Croft, Leics.
Discovery: - 24 Jul 06, Leicestershire
Doctor Clifford: - picture from Alan Palmer, Stewton, Lincs.
Doctor Hares
Doctor Harvey (aka Harvey)
Doctor Kidd's Orange: (aka Kidd's Orange) - Deacon's Nursery
Downton Pippin
Duchess's Favourite Ratby, Leics
Duke of Devonshire
Duke of Devonshire Ratby, Leics
Duke of Devonshire: Deacon's Nursery
Dumelow's Seedling
Dumelow's Seedling: Croft; private orchard
Dumelow's Seedling: Leicester: Orchards reserve
Dumelow's Seedling: Deacon's Nursery
Egremont Russet: actual size; classic russet flavour and appearance
Egremont Russet: 2006; from Peter Edwards
Ecklinville
Ecklinville Seedling - an enormous red cooker:Deacon's Nursery
Edward 7th (aka King Edward)
Ellis Bitters: 85% actual size; pungent red cider apple
Ellis Bitters: cider orchard near Okehampton
Ellison's Orange
Elstar: Deacon's Nursery
Ernie's Russet: Deacon's Nursery; IOW apple
Fair Maid of Taunton: cider apple from Brogdale collection
Falstaff
Fiesta
Firmgold Delicious: Deacon's Nursery
Gala from Peter Edwards, Leicestershire
Gascoyne's Scarlet
George Cave Ratby community orchard
George's Red# - a red-fleshed variety, from George Humphrey, Essex
Gloster 69: Deacon's Nursery
Golden Harvey
Golden Hornet (crab), Tom Putt for scale
Golden Delicious
Golden Pippin
Goose-apples
Grenadier
Hambledon Deux Ans: Deacon's Nursery
Herefordshire Beefing: - from Hanbury Hall
Hoary Morning: Deacon's Nursery
Howgate Wonder - Private orchard, Leicester
Howgate Wonder - Church Stretton
Isle of Wight Pippin: Deacon's Nursery
Isle of Wight Russet: Deacon's Nursery
James Grieve
John Downie - crab
Jumbo
Jupiter
Kent
Kent: Deacon's Nursery
Kent: Deacon's Nursery
King Edward VII- Private orchard, Croft; not quite ripe
King Edward VII- Private orchard, Croft; ripe
King of the Pippins
King's Acre Pippin
King's Russet: Deacon's Nursery
Knobby Russet - Brogdale exhibition
Lady Henneker
Lady Sudeley Ratby, Leics
Lane's Prince Albert
Lane's Prince Albert
Lane's Prince Albert: Orchards reserve, Leicester
Lane's prince Albert: Deacon's Nursery
Lane's prince Albert: Deacon's Nursery
Laxton's Epicure Endo of season; private orchard, Leicestershire
Laxton's Fortune, ripe - luscious apple with hint of aniseed
Laxton's Fortune hotter year; fruit larger and darker colour
Laxton's Rearguard
Laxton's Superb - similar to Laxton's Fortune but later & no hint of aniseed
Laxton's Superb - 2006, from P. Edwards, leicestershire
Lemon Pippin
Liberty: Deacon's Nursery
Lord Burleigh - a Leicestershire apple
Lord Derby
Lord Derby
Lord Derby - from Deacon's Nursery
Lord Lambourne Ratby, Leics
Margil: from Brogdale
Margil: Croft
Martin's Custard#: from Leicestershire
May Queen: - similar to Ribston, and in a sunny year, as good as Ribston
May Queen: - Croft Nov 2006
Mere de Menage
Mere Pippin# -extremely late dessert apple; hangs until Feb
Merton Knave: grown by ND
Michaelmas Red
Merton Knave: cut, showing red flesh
M26: from Brogdale: apples from the rootstock (M27, M9 look identical)
MM106 from Croft: apples from
the rootstock (much larger; good cooker), late Oct
MM106 from Croft, Leicestershire 12 weeks after picking; phot. end-Feb
MM106 - Croft
Monarch: Deacon's Nursery
Monarch: Deacon's Nursery
Monmouth Green
Newton Wonder: Deacon's Nursery
Nittany Red: Deacon's Nursery
Norfolk Royal
Nottingham Pippin - at Brogdale exhibition
Nutmeg Pippin from Perry Court, nr. Wye; another unusual russet
Old Pearmain: Deacon's Nursery
Onibury Pippin
Orleans Reinette - from Hanbury Hall
Pawson
Pearl Cox
Peasgood Nonsuch from Leicestershire, 1 Oct 05, shady location
Pigs Nose Pippin
Pigs Nose Pippin -unripe; photo from Peter Webb
Pigs Nose Pippin -unripe; photo from Peter Webb
Pitmaston Pineapple- from Perry Court, nr. Wye; small pineapple flavoured russet
Pitmaston Pineapple - from Hanbury Hall
Pixie
Pixie: Deacon's Nursery
Polly Whitehair: Deacon's Nursery
Prince Charles - apple from Burbage, Leicestershire
Princesse (Reine de Reinette): Deacon's Nursery
Puckrup Pippin
Queen: Deacon's Nursery
Red Devil - September apple with a remarkable colour. Private orchard, Croft.
Red Devil - cut through; picture from Simon Mills
Red Devil - cut through; Simon Mills
Red Devil - whole; Simon Mills
Red Ellison's
Red Foxwhelp - red cider apple; Brogdale collection
Red Sentinel: crab, Deacon's Nursery
Red Victoria: - Hanbury Hall
Red Windsor
Reinette gris du Canada - Normandy russets weighing a pound each (Peter Edwards)
Rev. W. Wilks - Ribston x Peasgood Nonsuch; private orchard, Croft
Ribston's Pippin - perhaps the best flavoured English apple but doesn't store
Rosemary Russet
Roundway Magnum Bonum
Rubinette
Rushock Permaine
Sam's Crab
Sandlands: IOW apple, Deacon's Nursery
Sandlands: Deacon's Nursery
Sir John Thorneycroft: Deacon's Nursery
Stoke Edith Pippin:- from Hanbury Hall nr. Droitwich; light firm
texture; very fine apple
Spartan - from Perry Court near Wye
St. Cecilia
St. Edmund's Pippin
St. Edmund's Pippin Ratby
Sturmer Pippin - from Brogdale
Sturmer Pippin six months old (20 Apr 05) - still crunchy
Sunset
Suntan
Surfleet Sour - picked early Oct
Surfleet Sour - picked early Nov (photos - D. Ledward)
Sweet Coppin Sweet cider apple, Brogdale exhibition
Tardive de la Sarthe French cider apple, Brogdale exhibition
Ten Commandments
Tom Putt - cider / dual purpose; sharp, early eating apple
Tom Putt - hotter year; brighter colours
Twenty Ounce: - Hanbury Hall
Tydeman's Late Orange
Vicky's Delight: Deacon's Nursery. IOW apple.
Warner's King: - Hanbury Hall
West Virginia Sweet: - un-named dessert apple sent by Bill Mullins, WV, USA
West Virginia Sweet - fully ripe
White Transparent: - Hanbury Hall
Whitwick Pippin # - very late dessert apple, found by Peter Edwards, 1 Jan 06
Whitwick Pippin #-fine specimens, 10 Dec 05
Whitwick Pippin #-same specimens 27 Dec 05
Whitwick Pippin #-on tree 15 Feb 06; picked 8 Mar
Wibtoft Pippin # - similar to King Edward; Sep 06, not yet ripe
William Crump: - Hanbury Hall
Winston: Deacon's Nursery
Winter Banana
Winter Banana - Deacon's Nursery
Winter Gem
Winter Quarrenden Hard, glossy, small very late apple
Winter Quarrenden
Winter Quarrenden
Wisley Crab: - red fleshed apple, Deacon's Nursery
Wisley Crab: Deacon's Nursery
Worcester Permaine
Worcester Permaine Ratby, Leics
Wyggeston Pippin #- sour but prolific dual purpose apple, Leicestershire
Wyggeston Pippin #- in a warmer year, 2006
Wyggeston Pippin- grafted onto a D'Arcy Spice tree
Wyggeston Pippin on MM106 in a pot
Wyggeston Pippin sextet #- 12 Jun 06
Wyken Pippin, ripe Leicestershire
Wyken Pippin: from Brogdale
Yellow Ingestrie Ratby
Yellow Ingestrie Ratby
TREES
Goblet tree with fruit - netted against birds
BLOSSOM
Blossom, buds
blossom: set (fruitlets) - apple
blossom: not set (aborted fruitlets) - pear
UNIDENTIFIED / UNIQUE APPLES
seedling apple; pic. from Gerwyn Thomas. Actual size.
See also the pages
English Apples not in the National Fruit Collection .
and
Red Fleshed Apples .
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I am grateful to:
Graham and Brian Deacon of Godshill, IOW, for permission to take photographs at their nursery, Oct 2007.
The organisers of the
Church Stretton Apple Day, Oct 2006, particularly John Lloyd, to use
photographs I took of their display.
The owners of Hanbury Hall, for allowing me to take photographs in their orchard, Oct 2006.
Emma-Jane Lamont, for permission to take photographs at Brogdale, Oct 2005.
and to many others individuals who have allowed me to photograph their unusual apples or who have
sent pictures to the website.
