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	Apple trees Egremont Russet	Apple trees Rubinette Rosso	Apple trees Herefordshire Russet	Apple trees Kidd's Orange Red	Apple trees Cox's Orange Pippin
	Egremont Russet is the most popular English russet variety, and a good apple tree for the garden.	Considered by many to be the best-tasting apple ever, Rubinette has a lovely balanced sweet / sharp flavour.	Herefordshire Russet is a modern russet apple variety, with an excellent strong Cox-like flavour.	Kidd's Orange Red is one of the best Cox-style apples, aromatic, sweet, and easy to grow.	Cox is widely acknowledged as having the best flavour of any apple variety.
Growing
Gardening skill?	Suitable for beginners	Average	Average	Suitable for beginners	Some needed
Cropping	Good	Light	Good	Light	Light
Fertility?	Partially self-fertile	Not self-fertile	Not self-fertile	Not self-fertile	Self-fertile Some of our Cox selections are not self-fertile - please check with us if you need more details.
Flowering group?	2	3	3	3	3
Pollinating others?	Average	Average	Average	Average	Average
Ploidy?	Diploid	Diploid	Diploid	Diploid	Diploid
Vigour?	Average growth	Weak growing	Weak growing	Average growth	Weak growing
Precocity?					Precocious
Bearing regularity?	Regular	Regular	Regular	Regular	Regular
Fruit bearing?	Spur-bearer	Spur-bearer	Spur-bearer	Spur-bearer	Spur-bearer
Fruit persistence?	Normal ripening	Normal ripening	Normal ripening	Normal ripening	Normal ripening
Using
Picking season?	Late	Late	Late	Late	Mid Later mid-season
Use / keeping?	1-2 months	1-2 months	1-2 months	1-2 months Will keep in a cold store until Christmas	1-2 months
Flavour quality?	Good	Exceptional	Very good	Very good	Exceptional
Flavour style	Sweeter	Sweet/Sharp Probably the best balance of sweet and sharp of any apple variety	Sweeter	Aromatic	Aromatic
Looking after
Overall disease resistance?	Average	Poor	Average	Average Not usually troubled by scab or mildew	Poor
Identification
Country of origin	United Kingdom	Switzerland	United Kingdom	New Zealand	United Kingdom
Period of origin	1850 - 1899	1950 - 1999	2000	1900 - 1949	1800 - 1849
Fruit colour	Russet	Orange flush	Russet	Orange / Red	Orange flush
Blossom colour	White	Pink - light	Pink - light	Pink - dark	White
Leaf colour	Green	Green	Green	Green	Green