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Apple Christmas Pippin
Browns
5
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Picking Month: October
Upright habit. Vigorous. Medium size, dark red fruit, sometimes red fleshed. Produces a fruity, bittersharp cider. Scab resistant. (Devon 20th C)
Charles Ross
Picking Month: September
3 J
Easy to grow apple with orange-red flush. Sweet flavoured eater which also bakes well. Good for northern areas. (Newbury 19th C)
Christmas Pippin®
Picking Month: Early October
3
An exceptional high quality eating experience with a beautiful honey flavour. The new garden ‘Cox’. Flowers and crops heavily and is very easy to grow. (Somerset 2000)
Core BlimeyTM
Picking Month: October
3
This apple is wonderfully aromatic, juicy and crisp. A highly flavoured Cox type that is more disease resistant. Picks in October and stores well. (Kent 2008)
Cornish Gilliflower
4
Picking Month: Mid October
Dark red flush with red stripes over gold. Intensely flavoured, rich and aromatic. (Cornwall 1800)
J
Castle Major
Picking Month: Early October
3
Syn: Captain Tom. Large, dual purpose variety that produces angular shaped fruit with a delicious, sweet flavour and crisp, juicy texture. Excellent when cooked and tasty when eaten.
Chivers Delight
Picking Month: October
4 J
Golden crisp and juicy with a sweet, honey flavour, keeps well. A good garden apple for all areas. (Cambridge 20th C)
Cobra
3
Picking Month: Late September
The perfect dual purpose apple with a fine dessert flavour. Refreshing acidic, tangy quality for a multitude of culinary uses.
Cornish Aromatic
2 J
Picking Month: October
Handsome, bright red flush with russet patches. Sweet, sharp pear drop and spice flavour. (Cornwall 1813)
Coul Blush
2
Picking Month: September
Flushed over golden colour. Sweet, creamy flesh. Can be used as a cooker if used early. (Scotland 1827)