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List of self-fertile apple varieties
A selection of apple varieties we sell which are self-fertile or partially self-fertile.
29 varieties
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Self-fertility
- Partially self-fertile
Self-fertility
- Self-fertile
Category
- Apple trees
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Categories
Almonds
2
Apples
29
Late eating apples
1
Cooking apples
1
Apricots
6
Cherry plums
4
Cherry trees
8
Sweet cherries
7
Sour cherries
1
Cider
2
Crab-apples
14
Damsons
7
Inter-specific trees
1
Mirabelles
3
Peaches
2
Pears
7
Dessert pears
7
Plum trees
23
Dessert plums
10
Dual-purpose plums
9
Cooking plums
7
Quinces
1
Mature size
Small
Medium
20
Large
29
Full size
5
Rootstocks
M26
20
?
M116
1
?
MM106
29
?
MM111
2
?
M25
5
?
Using
Picking season
?
Very early
Early
5
Mid
10
Late
12
Very late
2
Cropping
Heavy
16
Good
13
Light
Keeping
?
Does not keep
1-3 days
1 week
8
2-3 weeks
8
1-2 months
4
3 months or more
9
Fruit persistence
Normal ripening
20
Fruit drops when ripe
2
Ripens over a period
Persistent
1
Useful for
Eating fresh
21
Culinary
12
Traditional cooker
7
Dual purpose
3
Juice
15
Hard cider
3
Drying
Cooking result
Puree
5
Textured puree
1
Keeps shape
5
Juice colour
Pale yellow
Pale orange
Pale red
1
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
19
Average
9
Experienced
1
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
8
Partially self-fertile
21
Not self-fertile
51
Flowering group
?
1
2
7
3
14
4
8
5
6
Pollinating others
?
Good
6
Average
21
Poor
1
Ploidy
Diploid
26
Triploid
Quintaploid
Vigour
Natural dwarf
Weak growing
Slightly small
5
Average vigour
19
Slightly large
1
Vigorous
4
Very vigorous
Precocity
Precocious
8
Slow to start bearing
Bearing regularity
Regular
22
Biennial tendency
6
Fruit bearing
Spur-bearer
20
Free-spurring
1
Partial tip-bearer
8
Tip-bearer
Problems
Bacterial canker
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Fruit splitting
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Peach leaf curl
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Silverleaf
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Disease resistance
Good
12
Average
15
Poor
1
Canker
Very resistant
Some resistance
7
Some susceptibility
7
Very susceptible
Fireblight
Very resistant
Some resistance
1
Some susceptibility
6
Very susceptible
Mildew
Very resistant
Some resistance
5
Some susceptibility
6
Scab
Very resistant
6
Some resistance
7
Some susceptibility
7
Very susceptible
1
Climate
Climate type
?
Temperate climates
27
Mild damp climates
13
Warm climates
6
Summer average maximum temperatures
?
Cold (< 20C / 67F)
18
Cool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)
28
Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
12
Hot (>30C / 86F)
2
Frost resistance of blossom
Good resistance
13
Some resistance
3
Susceptible
2
Identification
Country of origin
Australia
1
Belgium
Canada
1
China
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
1
Germany
Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
2
Norway
Russia
Slovakia
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
United Kingdom
23
United States
1
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1750 - 1799
1800 - 1849
4
1850 - 1899
11
1900 - 1949
7
1950 - 1999
7
2000
Flowering month
January
February
March
April
May
Flower colour
White
14
Cream
Pink - light
9
Pink
Pink - dark
Crimson
1
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
Crimson
1
Gold
Green
3
Green - light
Green / Red
1
Green / Yellow
1
Orange
Orange / Red
3
Orange flush
7
Purple
Purple - light
Red
4
Red - dark
Red / Black
Red / Green
Red striped
Russet
2
Varigated
Yellow
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
Fruit size
Very small
Small
Average
Large
1
Very large
Awards
RHS Award of Garden Merit
17
RHS Award of Merit
RHS 1st class
Slow Food - Ark of Taste
Varieties list
Apple trees
Annie Elizabeth
A traditional English cooking apple, with a sweet flavour, which keeps its shape when cooked.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
Braeburn
Braeburn is one of the best-flavoured supermarket apple varieties.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 4
Country of origin: New Zealand
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Egremont Russet
Egremont Russet is the most popular English russet variety, and a good apple tree for the garden.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 2
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
Ellison's Orange
Ellison's Orange is a well respected Cox-style apple which can achieve very good flavour.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 4
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
Fiesta
Fiesta (or Red Pippin) is one of the best Cox-style apples, easy to grow, with a good aromatic flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
Gala
Gala is popular supermarket apple - but better when home-grown, with a sweet pleasant flavor.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Country of origin: New Zealand
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
Golden Delicious
The flavor of home-grown Golden Delicious is far better than its supermarket reputation.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Country of origin: United States
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
Granny Smith
Granny Smith is the world-famous green apple from Australia, a good choice for warmer apple-growing regions.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 3
Country of origin: Australia
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Greensleeves
Greensleeves is a reliable and popular mid-season green/yellow apple, easy to grow and productive.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
Grenadier
Grenadier is an early-season cooking apple, and one of the most foolproof apple varieties.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
Howgate Wonder
Howgate Wonder is a large cooking apple which keeps well. Produces an excellent sharp juice.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
James Grieve
James Grieve is the classic Scottish cooking apple. It can also be eaten fresh, and is excellent for juice.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
Keswick Codlin
Keswick Codlin is a popular early-season cooking apple, easy to grow, and productive in most climates.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 2
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
King of the Pippins
A popular and versatile dual-purpose apple, widely grown in the Victorian era.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Country of origin: France
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
Laxton's Fortune
A quietly popular Edwardian era Cox-style apple, developed by the Laxton Brothers Nursery.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
Laxton's Superb
Laxton's Superb is a deservedly popular English late-season dessert apple from the Victorian era.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
Lord Lambourne
Lord Lambourne is a popular versatile garden apple variety, with a good balance of sweet and sharp flavours.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
Newton Wonder
A traditional English cooking apple, a good alternative to Bramley.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
Peasgood's Nonsuch
Peasgood Nonsuch is a highly-regarded old-fashioned English cooking apple.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
Red Devil
Red Devil is a good apple variety for the UK garden, and produces a sweet red-tinted juice.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Red Falstaff
Red Falstaff is one of the best garden apple trees, heavy crops, easy to grow, and very juicy.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Red Windsor
Red Windsor is one of the easiest to grow of all dessert apple trees, and with a pleasant apple flavour.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Reverend W. Wilks
A widely-grown and well-regarded English cooking apple.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 2
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Saint Edmund's Russet
Not as well known as other russets, St. Edmund's Russet is nevertheless one of the best.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
Scrumptious
Scumptious is a new award-winning early-season English dessert apple.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Spartan
Spartan produces lots of crimson maroon apples, crunchy, sweet, easy to grow, delicate "vinous" flavor.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Country of origin: Canada
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
Stirling Castle
A traditional Scottish cooker from the Victorian era, with a good sharp flavour.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
Sunset
Sunset is a popular garden alternative to Cox, easier to grow, with a sweet aromatic flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Worcester Pearmain
Worcester Pearmain is a well-known early-season English apple, noted for its strawberry-like flavours.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
