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Eating apples
Potted:
An excellent choice for the garden, cropping heavily and late in the season with crisp, juicy red apples.
Type: Dessert
Season: October-Jan
Pollination: Partially self-fertile, pollination group C
A traditional French late eating variety, with a firm, fine texture and rich, somewhat nutty flavour. Works well for cooking and cider too.
Type: Dessert
Season: Nov-Jan
Pollination: Self-sterile triploid (can't pollinate others). Pollination group E
Orginially from Belgium, a classic eating pear with a melting texture and sweet flavour but with a hint of sharpness.
Type: Dessert
Season: Dec-Jan
Pollination: Self-sterile. Pollination group D
A hardy, dual-purpose pear variety that grows well in cooler regions. Small green fruit with white, juicy flesh.
Type: Dessert
Season: Oct
Pollination: Self-sterile. Pollination group D
A sweet greengage with a melon-like flavour. Crops in August, suitable for cooking and eating.
Type: Dessert
Season: August
Pollination: Self-sterile. Pollination group D
A cooking apple named in honour of Queen Victoria's Jubilee. Produces large yellow fruit that make a good addition to juice.
Type: Culinary
Season: September-December
Pollination: Self-fertile. Pollination group F
A dual purpose variety popular in continental Europe. Sharp taste and keeps its shape when cooked. Produces a late crop which stores well.
Type: Dual-purpose
Season: October-April
Pollination: Self-sterile Triploid. Pollination group C
A medium-Formd dessert apple with a rich flavour and maroon flushed colour.
Type: Dessert
Season: October-January
Pollination: Self-sterile. Pollination group E
A small, late-keeping apple with firm and juicy flesh. The fruit are a little sharp when freshly picked but mellow in storage to become sweet and aromatic.
Type: Dessert
Season: November-March
Pollination: Self-fertile. Pollination group D
A modern, disease-resistant variety with a refreshing sharp flavour. Medium-Formd apples with red-flushed skin and crisp, cream-coloured flesh.
Type: Dessert
Season: October-January
Pollination: Self-sterile. Pollination group D
A very versatile apple that is a good and reliable cropper. Flesh is crisp and juicy. Listed as a cooking variety, it is often eaten as dessert and useful for making cider. Very resistant to scab.
Type: Dual Purpose
Season: August - December
Fertility: Self-sterile Triploid. Pollination group C
A small, sweet apple which is a favourite with children due to its Form. The colour is a deep red, almost purple.
Type: Dessert
Season: October
Pollination: Self-fertile. Pollination group C
A classic English russet variety. The fruit are juicy and crisp with a strong sharp flavour and store well.
Type: Dessert
Season: December-March
Pollination: Self-sterile. Pollination group C
A modern, disease-resistant variety from the Czech Republic. Produces attractive red apples that are sweet, crisp and very juicy.
Type: Dessert
Season: October-December
Pollination: Self-sterile. Pollination group C
Easy to grow mid-season dessert apple that is disease resistant and stores well. The fruit are yellow-green and deliciously crisp, sharp and refreshing.
Type: Dessert
Season: September-November
Pollination: Self-sterile. Pollination group D
One of the best early season apple varieties. Produces reliable crops of attractive red fruit that is particularly good for juicing.
Type: Dessert
Season: September
Pollination: Self-sterile. Pollination group C
A very large red-flushed eating apple with a superb flavour that is similar to Cox. The tree grows vigorously and produces a reliable heavy crop.
Type: Dessert
Season: October-January
Pollination: Self-sterile. Triploid (can’t pollinate others). Pollination group D
An attractive, red-flushed dessert apple with good frost resistance. Fruit is crisp and sweet.
Type: Dessert
Season: October-December
Pollination: Self-sterile. Pollination group D
Easy to grow, heavy and regular crops. Honeyed and very sweet when left on the tree to ripen. Fruit stores well, and is versatile - can be used for cooking and eating.
Type: Dessert
Season: November - February
Pollination: Group 4
Medium Form, crisp apple. Good for juicing and good cropping. Easy to grow cox-style apple. Primarily an eater, but also cooks well, holding its shape.
Type: Dessert
Season: October-March
Pollination: Partially self-fertile. Pollination group D
Exceptionally flavoursome orange-flushed dessert apple. Very juicy, with soft flesh almost like a pear. Fruit develops a hint of aniseed flavour when very ripe.
Type: Dessert
Season: September-October
Pollination: Self-fertile. Pollination group D
A flavoursome, well-balanced russeted apple that is easy to grow and store.
Type: Dessert
Season: October-April
Pollination: Self-sterile. Pollination group C
A popular dual-purpose variety. A vigorous and hardy tree that produces an abundance of distinctive nutty flavoured fruit.
Type: Dessert/Culinary
Season: September-November
Pollination: Self-sterile. Triploid (can’t pollinate others). Pollination group D
An old green russeted apple with a distinctive aromatic flavour. Also great for cooking, juicing and cider making. Stores well.
Type: Dessert/Culinary/Cider
Season: October-February
Pollination: Self-sterile. Triploid (can’t pollinate others). Pollination group D
Delivery, Collection and FAQs
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We deliver bare root trees (dispatched Nov-Apr) but not potted trees. Potted trees are collection only from Leeds (or we can deliver locally by arrangement).
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See our Delivery & Collection Info page for up-to-date delivery rates.
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Yes, you can collect your order from Kirkstall, Leeds. We send the full details when you place your order.
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This varies, but broadly speaking trees classified as Small are 3-4ft and 1 year old. Trees classified as Large are 4-6ft. are 2-3 years old and have some established branches.







Small apple, big on flavour. Juicy and crisp. Grows easily and crops well. Flavour can improve when stored in good conditions.
Type: Dessert
Season: October - January
Pollination: Not self-fertile, pollination group 4