Pollination of Saint Edmund's Pippin apple trees

Pollination partner apple varieties in our catalogue

1. Annie Elizabeth

   A traditional English cooking apple, with a sweet flavour, which keeps its shape when cooked.

   Check pollinators >Flowering group: 4  Partially self-fertile  Picking season: Late season

   Stock availability:

   • 1-year bare-root MM106

2. Arthur Turner

   A mid-season cooking apple, producing a light yellow puree. Very attractive blossom.

   Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3  Self-sterile  Picking season: Mid-Late season

   Stock availability: sold out

3. Bardsey

   A hardy disease-resistant apple, discovered growing on an island off the west coast of Wales.

   Check pollinators >Flowering group: 2  Self-sterile  Picking season: Mid-Late season

   Stock availability:

   • 1-year bare-root MM106

4. Beauty of Bath

   One of the earliest English apples, ripening in early August.

   Check pollinators >Flowering group: 2  Self-sterile  Picking season: Early season

   Stock availability:

   • 1-year bare-root MM106
   • 1-year bare-root M25

5. Bloody Ploughman

   An old Scottish apple variety, named for the crimson-red colour of its skin and stained flesh.

   Check pollinators >Flowering group: 4  Self-sterile  Picking season:

   Stock availability:

   • 1-year bare-root MM106

6. Bountiful

   Bountiful is an easy-to-grow cooking apple, it retains its shape when cooked, fairly sweet for a cooker.

   Check pollinators >Flowering group: 2  Self-sterile  Picking season: Mid season

   Stock availability:

   • 1-year bare-root M26
   • 1-year bare-root MM106

7. Braeburn

   Braeburn is one of the best-flavoured supermarket apple varieties.

   Check pollinators >Flowering group: 4  Self-fertile  Picking season: Very-Late season

   Stock availability:

   • 1-year bare-root M26
   • 1-year bare-root MM106

8. Bright Future

   An excellent late-season English apple with a very good sweet/sharp flavour and crisp hard flesh.

   Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3  Self-sterile  Picking season: Late season

   Stock availability: sold out

9. Charles Ross

   Charles Ross is a very attractive classic English dual-purpose apple.

   Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3  Partially self-fertile  Picking season: Mid season

   Stock availability:

   • 1-year bare-root M26
   • 1-year bare-root MM106

10. Chivers Delight

    Chivers Delight is an under-rated Cox-style apple from Cambridgeshire. Crisp and sweet.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 4  Self-sterile  Picking season: Late season

    Stock availability: sold out

11. Christmas Pippin

    Christmas Pippin is a new high-yielding Cox-style apple, discovered as a chance seedling tree.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3  Self-sterile  Picking season: Late season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root M26
    • 1-year bare-root M116
    • 1-year bare-root MM106

12. Cornish Aromatic

    An attractive late-season apple from Cornwall, with a good aromatic flavour.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 4  Self-sterile  Picking season:

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root MM106

13. Cornish Gilliflower

    Cornish Gilliflower is a popular English eating apple with an excellent sweet aromatic flavour.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 4  Self-sterile  Picking season: Late season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root MM106

14. Discovery

    Discovery is the definitive early-season English apple variety, makes a good fruit tree for the garden.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3  Self-sterile  Picking season: Early season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root M26
    • 1-year bare-root M116
    • 1-year bare-root MM106

15. Egremont Russet

    Egremont Russet is the most popular English russet variety, and a good apple tree for the garden.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 2  Partially self-fertile  Picking season: Late season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root M26
    • 1-year bare-root MM106

16. Ellison's Orange

    Ellison's Orange is a well respected Cox-style apple which can achieve very good flavour.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 4  Partially self-fertile  Picking season:

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root MM106

17. Fiesta

    Fiesta (or Red Pippin) is one of the best Cox-style apples, easy to grow, with a good aromatic flavour.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 4  Partially self-fertile  Picking season: Mid-Late season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root M26
    • 1-year bare-root MM106

18. Golden Delicious

    The flavour of home-grown Golden Delicious is far better than its supermarket reputation.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 4  Partially self-fertile  Picking season: Late season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root M26
    • 1-year bare-root MM106

19. Greensleeves

    Greensleeves is a reliable and popular mid-season green/yellow apple, easy to grow and productive.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3  Partially self-fertile  Picking season: Mid season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root M26
    • 1-year bare-root MM106

20. Grenadier

    Grenadier is an early-season cooking apple, and one of the most foolproof apple varieties.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3  Partially self-fertile  Picking season: Early-Mid season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root MM106

21. Harry Masters Jersey

    Harry Masters Jersey is a traditional English cider apple variety, producing a bittersweet juice.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 4    Picking season: Very-Late season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root MM106
    • 2-year bare-root MM106
    • 1-year bare-root M25

22. Herefordshire Russet

    Herefordshire Russet is a modern russet apple variety, with an excellent strong Cox-like flavour.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3  Self-sterile  Picking season: Late season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root M26
    • 1-year bare-root MM106

23. Honeycrisp

    Honeycrisp is an American cold-hardy disease-resistant apple - it shows just how good modern apples have become.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 4  Self-sterile  Picking season: Mid-Late season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root M26
    • 1-year bare-root MM106

24. Howgate Wonder

    Howgate Wonder is a large cooking apple which keeps well. Produces an excellent sharp juice.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3  Partially self-fertile  Picking season: Late season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root MM106

25. Idared

    Idared is a popular American late-season apple variety, notable for its excellent keeping qualities.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 2  Self-sterile  Picking season: Late season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root M116

26. Irish Peach

    An attractive early season apple, ripening in July / August.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 2  Self-sterile  Picking season: Early season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root MM106

27. James Grieve

    James Grieve is the classic Scottish cooking apple. It can also be eaten fresh, and is excellent for juice.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3  Partially self-fertile  Picking season: Mid season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root M9
    • 1-year bare-root M26
    • 1-year bare-root MM106
    • 1-year bare-root M25

28. Katy

    Katy is an attractive and versatile early apple variety from Sweden, very easy to grow.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3  Self-sterile  Picking season: Early-Mid season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root M26
    • 1-year bare-root MM106

29. Keswick Codlin

    Keswick Codlin is a popular early-season cooking apple, easy to grow, and productive in most climates.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 2  Partially self-fertile  Picking season:

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root M26
    • 1-year bare-root MM106

30. Kidd's Orange Red

    Kidd's Orange Red is one of the best Cox-style apples, aromatic, sweet, and easy to grow.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3  Self-sterile  Picking season: Mid-Late season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root M26
    • 1-year bare-root MM106

31. Lane's Prince Albert

    A classic Victorian cooking apple. Plenty of juicy acidity and stores well.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 4  Self-sterile  Picking season: Late season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root MM106

32. Laxton's Fortune

    A quietly popular Edwardian era Cox-style apple, developed by the Laxton Brothers Nursery.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3  Partially self-fertile  Picking season:

    Stock availability: sold out

33. Laxton's Superb

    Laxton's Superb is a deservedly popular English late-season dessert apple from the Victorian era.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 4  Partially self-fertile  Picking season: Late season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root M26
    • 1-year bare-root MM106
    • 1-year bare-root M25

34. Limelight

    Limelight is an attractive green mid-season dessert apple, ideal for gardens.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3  Self-sterile  Picking season: Mid season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root M26
    • 1-year bare-root MM106

35. Lord Derby

    Lord Derby is a high-quality mid/late-season traditional English cooking apple, cooks to a chunky puree.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 4  Self-sterile  Picking season: Mid season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root M26
    • 1-year bare-root MM106
    • 1-year bare-root M25
    • Standard 1.75m bare-root M25

36. Lord Lambourne

    Lord Lambourne is a popular versatile garden apple variety, with a good balance of sweet and sharp flavours.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 2  Partially self-fertile  Picking season: Mid season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root MM106

37. Malus Admiration

    Admiration is a naturally dwarf upright crab-apple with masses of light-pink / white flowers.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3  Self-fertile  Picking season: Very-Late season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root Dwarf

38. Malus Directeur Moerlands Profusion Improved

    Malus Profusion is a notably compact crab apple variety, with dense clusters of deep pink blossom.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 2  Self-fertile  Picking season: Early season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root Semi-vigorous

39. Malus Evereste

    Evereste is one of the most well-known crab-apples, featuring white blossom and red-yellow fruits.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3  Self-fertile  Picking season: Late season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root MM106

40. Malus Floribunda

    An attractive spreading crab-apple tree with white blossom and red / yellow fruits.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 2  Self-fertile  Picking season:

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root Semi-vigorous

41. Malus Golden Gem

    Golden Gem has bright white blossom followed by yellow crab apples.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 4  Self-fertile  Picking season: Late season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root Semi-vigorous

42. Malus Gorgeous

    Malus Gorgeous features light pink blossom and is good for crab apple jelly.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3  Self-fertile  Picking season: Very-Late season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root Semi-vigorous

43. Malus Indian Magic

    A superb all-round crab apple, bronze leaves, and persistent red fruits.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3  Self-fertile  Picking season: Very-Late season

    Stock availability:

    • N/A bare-root Semi-vigorous

44. Malus Jelly King

    A compact crab apple, with unusually large persistent fruits - excellent for crab apple jelly.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3  Self-fertile  Picking season: Late season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root Semi-vigorous

45. Malus John Downie

    John Downie is a good crabapple for making crab apple jelly. White blossom and orange-red fruits.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 4  Self-fertile  Picking season: Late season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root Semi-vigorous

46. Malus Laura

    A dwarf upright crab apple with bronze leaves and crimson blossom.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 2  Self-fertile  Picking season: Late season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root Semi-vigorous

47. Malus Red Sentinel

    Malus Red Sentinel has white blossom and small scarlet persistent fruits.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 2  Self-fertile  Picking season: Late season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root Semi-vigorous

48. Malus Rosehip

    Malus Rosehip is notable for its large rosehip-shaped red fruits.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3  Self-fertile  Picking season: Late season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root Semi-vigorous

49. Malus Scarlett

    Malus toringo Scarlett is an ornamental crab apple with purple/green leaves and pink blossom.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3  Self-fertile  Picking season: Very-Late season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root Semi-vigorous

50. Malus Sun Rival

    Malus Sun Rival is a crab apple with white flowers, red fruits, notable for its weeping growth habit.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3  Self-fertile  Picking season: Mid season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root Semi-vigorous

51. Malus Wedding Bouquet

    Malus Wedding Bouquet is named for its abundance of ivory-white blossom.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 4  Self-fertile  Picking season: Very-Late season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root Semi-vigorous

52. Michelin

    Michelin is a traditional French cider apple variety producing a bittersweet juice.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 4  Self-sterile  Picking season: Late season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root MM106

53. Newton Wonder

    A traditional English cooking apple, a good alternative to Bramley.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 4  Partially self-fertile  Picking season: Late season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root MM106
    • 1-year bare-root M25

54. Peasgood's Nonsuch

    Peasgood Nonsuch is a highly-regarded old-fashioned English cooking apple.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3  Partially self-fertile  Picking season:

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root MM106

55. Pitmaston Pine Apple

    A small English 18th century apple with a distinctive fruity pineapple-like flavour.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 4  Self-sterile  Picking season: Mid-Late season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root MM106

56. Pixie

    Pixie produces lots of small Cox-style apples, easy to grow and keep well.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 4  Self-sterile  Picking season: Late season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root MM106

57. Red Devil

    Red Devil is a good apple variety for the UK garden, and produces a sweet red-tinted juice.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3  Self-fertile  Picking season: Mid season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root M26
    • 1-year bare-root M116
    • 1-year bare-root MM106

58. Red Falstaff

    Red Falstaff is one of the best garden apple trees, heavy crops, easy to grow, and very juicy.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3  Self-fertile  Picking season: Late season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root M26
    • 1-year bare-root M116
    • 1-year bare-root MM106

59. Red Windsor

    Red Windsor is one of the easiest to grow of all dessert apple trees, and with a pleasant apple flavour.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 2  Self-fertile  Picking season: Mid season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root M26
    • 1-year bare-root M116
    • 1-year bare-root MM106

60. Reverend W. Wilks

    A widely-grown and well-regarded English cooking apple.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 2  Self-fertile  Picking season: Early season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root MM106

61. Rosette

    Probably the best-flavoured of the pink-fleshed apple varieties, and produces lovely pink juice.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 2  Self-sterile  Picking season: Early season

    Stock availability:

    • Cordon bare-root M9
    • 1-year bare-root M26
    • 1-year bare-root MM106

62. Rubinette Rosso

    Considered by many to be the best-tasting apple ever, Rubinette has a lovely balanced sweet / sharp flavour.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3  Self-sterile  Picking season: Late season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root MM106

63. Saturn

    An attractive modern English apple, crisp flesh and an excellent flavour.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3  Self-sterile  Picking season: Mid season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root MM106

64. Scotch Dumpling

    Scotch Dumpling is a large Scottish cooking apple. Cooks to a frothy puree with a good flavour.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 2  Self-sterile  Picking season: Early-Mid season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root MM106

65. Scrumptious

    Scumptious is a modern award-winning early-season English dessert apple.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3  Self-fertile  Picking season: Early-Mid season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root M26
    • 1-year bare-root M116
    • 1-year bare-root MM106

66. Spartan

    Spartan produces lots of crimson maroon apples, crunchy, sweet, easy to grow, delicate "vinous" flavour.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3  Partially self-fertile  Picking season: Late season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root M26
    • 1-year bare-root MM106

67. Sunset

    Sunset is a popular garden alternative to Cox, easier to grow, with a sweet aromatic flavour.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3  Self-fertile  Picking season:

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root M26
    • 1-year bare-root MM106

68. Surprize

    An unusual new apple variety with a unique combination of orange skin and pink flesh.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3  Self-sterile  Picking season: Mid season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root M26
    • 1-year bare-root MM106

69. Tickled Pink

    A new red-fleshed apple variety, with attractive crimson blossom, also known as Baya® Marisa.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 4  Self-sterile  Picking season: Mid-Late season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root M26
    • 1-year bare-root MM106

70. Winter Gem

    Winter Gem is a late-season apple variety with a very good aromatic flavour.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3  Self-sterile  Picking season: Late season

    Stock availability:

    • Cordon bare-root M9

71. Worcester Pearmain

    Worcester Pearmain is a well-known early-season English apple, noted for its strawberry-like flavours.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3  Partially self-fertile  Picking season: Early-Mid season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root M26
    • 1-year bare-root MM106

72. Yellow Ingestrie

    One of the prettiest of all apples, perfect for a table display, with a rich fruity flavour.

    Check pollinators >Flowering group: 3  Self-sterile  Picking season: Early-Mid season

    Stock availability:

    • 1-year bare-root MM106