Bountiful

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• Picking season: Mid
• Country of origin: United Kingdom
• Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Flowering group: 2
• List of other varieties that will pollinate Bountiful

Bountiful is an easy-to-grow modern large culinary apple, which retains its shape when cooked, and is fairly sweet for a cooker. It is a mid-season apple variety, ripening in early September.

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Bountiful apple trees for sale

• 11-year maiden bare-root tree 33.45€
  M26 rootstock
  Medium size (2.5m-3m after 10 years)
  

  Out of stock
• 21-year maiden bare-root tree 33.45€
  MM106 rootstock
  Large size (3m-4m after 10 years)
  

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How to grow

Bountiful is a good garden apple variety. It crops heavily and has some disease resistance.

History

Introduced by East Malling Research Station in the 1960s. The parentage is possibly Cox's Orange Pippin and Lanes Prince Albert.

Bountiful characteristics

• Gardening skillBeginner
• Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
• Flowering group2
• Pollinating othersGood
• PloidyDiploid
• Bearing regularityRegular
• Fruit bearingSpur-bearer
• Picking seasonMid
• CroppingHeavy
• Keeping1 week
• Useful forCulinary
• Cooking resultKeeps shape
• Disease resistanceGood
• Climate typeTemperate climates
• Summer average maximum temperaturesCool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)Cold (< 20C / 67F)
• Country of originUnited Kingdom
• Period of origin1950 - 1999
• Flower colourPink - light
• Fruit colourGreen
• AwardsRHS Plants for Pollinators