List of locally grown cultivars

Aldenham Blenheim 

Dual-use apple. A more highly coloured version of Blenheim Orange, discovered at Aldenham House before 1929 by Head gardener Edwin Beckett. Similar in all other respects to Blenheim Orange. Use as a cooker when first picked then as an eater having been stored. It is a triploid variety so requires another apple variety of the same or adjacent pollination group nearby for successful pollination. It is resistant to mildew.

• Flowering period D

• Pick late Sept and use Oct-Jan

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard

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Allington Pippin

Dual-use apple. Raised by Thomas Laxton at Stamford, Lincolnshire around 1884 and until 1894 it was originally called South Lincoln Beauty. Introduced under its new name in 1896. It is the result of crossing the varieties King of the Pippins and Cox’s Orange Pippin. Greenish-yellow, dull skinned, with an orange-red flush and a few broken red stripes. Brisk to eat early in the season but becomes more aromatic. Not very acidic when cooked. Has good resistance to scab but can be susceptible to mildew.

• Flowering period C

• Pick late Oct and use Nov-Dec

• Can be found at: Putteridge Bury

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Ball’s Pippin

Dessert apple. Introduced in 1923 by J.C. Allgrove, Langley, Buckinghamshire. Received an Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1923. Sometimes also referred to as Lane's Oakland Seedling but this is false. Originally thought to be a cross between Cox’s Orange Pippin and Sturmer Pippin but further research makes a cross between Cox’s Orange Pippin and Lane’s Prince Albert more likely. A medium sized, roundish dessert apple with a flattened top, ribbed at the eye. The skin is green-yellow, with a red flush, netted with russet which often breaks the red flush. The flesh is white, sweet, fragrant, crisp and juicy, when ripe in October. It stays crisp and juicy to the year end and will last to March.

• Flowering period C

• Pick early Oct and use Oct-Mar

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard

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Ballard Beauty

Dessert apple. Raised by Mr. A. Norman in Bedford and first recorded in 1946. A Cox’s Orange seedling. A medium to large greenish yellow skinned apple flushed with scarlet. Firm and slightly acidic flesh. A useful long keeping dessert apple.

• Flowering period C

• Pick late Oct, use Oct-Dec

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard

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Bazeley

Dual-use apple. A rare old Buckinghamshire variety originating in the 19th century, around ‘The Lee’ near Great Missenden. It has also been called Baseley, Baysley or Bezeley, the origin being that it was deemed the 'Best of the Lee'. The apple is a medium sized, round and conical, green cooker, turning yellow, that in most years also attains top quality as an eater, even when first ripe. It sweetens with storage. Crisp, sweet, acid and richly flavoured, it keeps its shape, sweetness and acidity when cooked. The fruit ripens over a period. Pollination Group 5.

• Flowering period C

• Pick in October and store until January

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard and CEL

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Beauty of Bedford

Dessert apple. Raised by Laxton Bros. of Bedford in 1913. A cross of Lady Sudeley x Beauty of Bath. A tall medium sized apple with a ribbed body. Greenish yellow with an orange flush. Firm and sweet flesh.

• Flowering period D

• Pick mid Sept and use Sept-Oct

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard, PP and LM

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Bedford Pippin

Dessert apple. Raised by Laxton Bros. of Bedford around 1900. A cross of King of the Pippins x Ribston Pippin. Yellow skinned, flushed dull orange and with some russet and faint red stripes. Nutty, sweet flesh.

• Flowering period B

• Pick late Aug and use Sept-Oct

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard

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Bedfordshire Foundling

Cooking apple. First recorded in Bedfordshire around 1800. A large flat-round yellow apple sometimes with a dull orange flush. Some russet patches. Coarse, firm acidic flesh. Keeps shape well when cooked.

• Flowering period C

• Pick early Oct and use Oct-Dec/Mar

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard, PP and LM

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Blenheim Orange

Dual purpose. Discovered in 1740 by Mr A Kempster in Woodstock, Oxfordshire. Flat-round fruit, greenish-yellow colouring.

• Flowering period F

• Pick late Sept to Oct

• Can be found at: PP

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Bramley's Seedling 

Culinary apple. Also known as Bramley's Original, the fruit was introduced by H. Merryweather in 1876, though it had been raised c.1810 by a Miss Mary Ann Brailsford in Southwell, Nottinghamshire. Merryweather discovered it in 1857, when the garden belonged to Mr Bramley, the local butcher. Bramley eventually became the most popular cooking apple, with an acid yet good sweet flavour, partly keeping its shape, though other cooking apples were more highly regarded by the Victorians.

• Flowering period D

• Pick Nov and use Nov-Mar

• Can be found at: PP

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Bushey Grove

Culinary apple. Raised by Mr. Good of Bushey Grove, Hertfordshire in 1926. Believed to be Essex Queen x Bismarck cross. Yellowish green with dull red stripes and scarlet flush. Slightly acidic firm flesh.

• Flowering period C

• Pick mid Sept and use Sep-Nov/Dec

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard

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Court Pendu Plat

Dessert apple. Court Pendu Plat has many synonyms, such as Belgischer Kurzstiel, Belin, Belle de Senart, Capendu, Carpendola reale, Corianda Rose and Garnon's Pippin. It is thought to have first appeared in the 16th century but may date as far back as the Roman period with the name Court Pendu Plat appearing in English records in the 1800s.

• Flowering period G

• Pick mid to late Oct and use Dec-Apr

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard and PP

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Cox’s Orange Pippin

Dessert apple. Raised in about 1825 by Richard Cox at Colnbrook Lawn, Slough, Buckinghamshire and introduced by Charles Turner in about 1850. It received a First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1962. Fruits are juicy and sweet with a rich, aromatic, nutty flavour. Dessert fruit, flowering in May, picking time Septt.

• Flowering period C

• Pick Sept

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard and CEL

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Crawley Beauty

Dual-purpose apple. Discovered in a cottage at Tilgate near Crawley, Sussex by Mr Cheal, a nursery man who introduced it in 1906. However it was later found to be identical to the Novelle Frace which was recorded in 1888 and exhibited in Crawley in 1897.

• Flowering period H

• Pick mid Oct and use Nov-Mar

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard

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Crimson Newton Wonder

Culinary apple. Arose at Bury Fruit Farm, Holwell, Hertfordshire owned by Mr. Dicker in 1921. A more highly coloured ‘sport’ of the variety Newton Wonder (Derbyshire c.1870). Almost totally flushed and striped with carmine. Can be large in size. Firm, slightly acidic flesh. Has good resistance to scab and canker. It is partially self-fertile so will set some fruit by itself. Having another same or different apple variety with the same or adjacent pollination group nearby will help cropping.

• Flowering period D

• Pick mid Oct and use Nov-Mar

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard

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Duchess of Bedford

Dessert apple. Raised by Laxton Bros. of Bedford in 1918. A cross of Cellini x Beauty of Bath. Yellowish-green skin flushed dark orange with some stripes. Greasy skinned. Sweet, aniseed-like tasting flesh.

• Flowering period C

• Pick late Aug and use Aug-Sept

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard and LM

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Egremont Russet

Dessert apple. Most likely named after Lord Egremont of Sussex during the early 1800s, though its origins are debated. It’s described as crisp but juicy, requiring a storage period to develop sweetness.

• Flowering period B

• Pick late Sept - early Oct and use Oct-Dec

• Can be found at: PP

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Fairie Queen

Dessert apple. Believed to have been raised by Richard Staward in 1937, when Head Gardener at Ware Park Gardens, Hertfordshire. A Cox-like medium sized apple with much of that variety’s flavour and appearance.

• Flowering period C

• Pick mid Sept and use Sept-Oct

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard

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Geniton

Dessert apple. Pauline and Julian Webster’s former home in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, was populated with some rare local varieties of apple around 1926, shortly after building was complete. Pauline Webster had written down the name of this tree as Geniton or Jeniton, from a telephone conversation with the previous owner (and first owner) of the property, at the time they took it over. The original tree has now gone, to make way for a house extension for the new owners coming after the Websters. Though the name Geniton is a known synonym of Joaneting, this apple is not the same. However, it is listed under another synonym as Ralls Janet, a dessert fruit, which first appeared circa 1785 in Virginia, USA. The individual fruits are small, longer than wide and conical with bright red stripes and broader carmine blushes, maturing to cerise, over a yellow skin. They are crisp, juicy, sweet and with a rather delicate floral taste when just ripe. The flesh is fine textured and tends to be a little translucent.

• Flowering period C

• Pick late Oct and use Jan-May

• Can be found at: CEL

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Golden Russet (Allgrove)

Dessert apple. The origins of Golden Russet are lost but a Golden Russet (Allgrove) tree was saved from Allgrove’s Nursery at Middle Green, Buckinghamshire when it closed. The nursery dates back to the 19th century when it was owned by Veitch’s. Golden varieties are so-called because the sweet and tasty fruit ripens to a rich gold, though often with fine streaks of amber or red. This apple is slightly more uniformly russeted than the similar Golden Reinette and is a very rich apple to eat.

• Flowering period C

• Pick Oct and use Oct-Dec

• Can be found at: CEL

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Grenadier

Culinary apple. Probably known since at least the early 19th century, though first exhibited in 1862 by Turner of Slough, Buckinghamshire and then made popular by George Bunyard. A large, early cooking apple, ready in September and October, with crisp, white, tangy flesh. It cooks quickly and keeps most of its shape but is soft and would mash. The flavour is lemony and a little sharp, though it has some sweetness. It is better with added sugar. The flavour is refreshing but light. It has been very popular in the North as it is resistant to scab and canker, growing well in wet climates.

• Flowering period B

• Pick Aug and use Sept-Oct

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard

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Hambling’s Seedling

Culinary apple. Raised by Major W.J. Hambling of Dunstable, Bedfordshire and introduced in 1894 by Bunyard, Maidstone. It received a First Class Certificate from the RHS in 1893. Fruits have a subacid flavour. Cooking Apple.

• Flowering period D

• Pick mid Oct

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard and LM

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Hitchin Pippin

Dessert apple. Originated in north Hertfordshire around Hitchin in 1896. Of unknown parentage. Tallish with an orange flush and broken red stripes. Flavour like an early-ripening King of the Pippins, which it slightly resembles.

• Flowering period C

• Pick early Sept and use Sept-Oct

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard

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Hormead Pearmain

Dual purpose apple. Probably arose at Great Hormead, Hertfordshire in 1826. A large dull yellow apple with an occasional slight orange flush and some russeting. The flesh is quite coarse and slightly acidic.

• Flowering period C

• Pick late Oct and use Nov-Mar

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard and CEL

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Irish Peach

Dessert apple. It is thought that the Irish Peach also known as Early Crofton originated in the 1500s as one of the four crofton varieties introduced by the Crofton family who lived in Longford House, County Sligo, Ireland. It is a dessert apple, One of the best early apples, sent to the London Horticultural Society in 1819. It was very popular in Victorian and Edwardian times as 'a beautiful dish for dessert '. It is best eaten when fresh, as it does not store long before the rich, crisp and juicy flesh declines. The trees are moderately vigorous and spreading, and are tip bearing. Good crops, ready to pick in August or early Septtember. Attractive pink blossom. Pollination Group 2. Best eaten from tree.

• Flowering period B

• Pick Aug - early Sept

• Can be found at: Singleton and Keech

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James Grieve

Dual-purpose apple. Introduced in 1893 by James Grieves, a manager of the Dickson Nursery in Edinburgh, Scotland. Crispy and juicy, retains shape when cooked.

• Flowering group C

• Pick early - mid Sept and use Oct-Dec

• Can be found at: PP

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King’s Acre Pippin

Dessert apple. Late variety introduced in 1899 by King's Acre Nurseries in Hereford, Herefordshire. Thought to be a cross between Ribston Pippin and Sturmer Pippin, it has the sweet/sharp Sturmer taste with the aromatic, juicy flesh of the Ribston. Vigorous trees, with a spreading habit and pretty blossom. Partially tip-bearing.

• Flowering group B

• Pick mid Oct and use Oct-Feb

• Can be found at: PP

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Lady Henniker

Dual-use apple. Raised from a seedling between 1840-50 at the Henniker family home at Thornham Magna Hall, near Eye, Suffolk. In 1873 it was introduced commercially by their head gardener Mr. Perkins and in 1875 was awarded an RHS First Class Certificate. It became a popular UK garden variety. It can be distinctively oblong and ‘slab-sided’ in shape and large. Cooks to a pale yellow richly flavoured puree, needing very little sugar. It is a triploid variety so requires another apple variety with the same or adjacent pollination group nearby for successful pollination.

• Flowering period D

• Pick in late Oct and use Nov-Jan

• Can be found at: PP

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Lane’s Prince Albert

Culinary apple. Originated in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire in the garden of Quaker Thomas Squire. He transplanted the tree to his front garden on the day that Queen Victoria and Prince Albert called in the town, to change horses at the King's Arms. He named it Victoria and Albert. John Lane, a grower in the town, was impressed by the tree because of its compact nature and heavy crops, and he introduced it as Lane’s Prince Albert in 1857. Fruits are very juicy and acid. Cooks well.

• Flowering group B

• Pick mid Oct

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard

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Langley Pippin

Dessert apple. Introduced in 1898 by James Veitch and sons, of King's road, Chelsea nursery, bred in Langley, Buckinghamshire. They crossed Cox’s Orange Pippin with Gladstone. Very attractive, slightly conical apples, with a deep crimson flush and juicy, aromatic, sweet, crisp flesh in late August.

• Flowering period C

• Pick Aug-Sept and use Sept

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard

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Laxton’s Advance

Dessert apple. Raised by Laxton Bros.  of Bedford in 1908 and introduced 1929. A cross of Cox’s Orange Pippin x Gladstone. Yellowish skinned with a reddish-brown flush and broken red stripes. Sweet and aromatic flesh.

• Flowering period C

• Pick mid-Aug and use mid/late Aug

• Can be found at: SMRG

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Laxton’s Early Crimson

Dessert apple. Raised by Laxton Bros. of Bedford in 1908 and introduced in 1931. A cross of Worcester Pearmain x Gladstone. A small to medium sized apple with a dull green skin almost completely flushed brownish purple. The flesh is coarse and sweet.

• Flowering period C

• Pick early Aug and use Aug

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard

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Laxton’s Epicure

Dessert apple. Raised by Laxton Bros. of Bedford in 1909 and introduced in the late 1920s. A cross of Worcester Pearmain x Wealthy. Greenish-yellow skin flushed orange brown and streaked with red. Long stalked. Fine, crisp, sweet flesh. It is partially self-fertile so will set some fruit by itself. Having another same or different apple variety with the same or adjacent pollination group nearby will help cropping.

• Flowering period C

• Pick late Aug and use Aug-Sept

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard and LM

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Laxton’s Exquisite

Dessert apple. Raised by Laxton Bros. of Bedford in 1902 and introduced in the 1920s. A cross of Cox’s Orange Pippin x Cellini. Medium to large sized. Orange flushed and striped yellow skin. Some russet. Sweet and slightly aromatic flesh. It is partially self-fertile so will set some fruit by itself. Having another same or different apple variety with the same or adjacent pollination group nearby will improve cropping.

• Flowering period C

• Pick late Aug and use Sept-Oct

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard, PP and SMRP

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Laxton’s Favourite

Dessert apple. Raised by Laxton Bros. of Bedford in 1925 and introduced in 1951. A cross of Cox’s Orange Pippin x Laxton’s Exquisite. Pale yellow skin almost totally flushed and streaked with orange red. Coarse, crisp, sweet flesh.

• Flowering period C

• Pick late Aug and use Sept-Oct

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard

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Laxton’s Fortune

Dessert apple. Raised by Laxton Bros. of Bedford in 1904 and introduced 1931. A cross of Cox’s Orange Pippin x Wealthy. Pale yellow skin mottled and flushed with orange and red. Some russet. Sweet, firm and juicy flesh. Has good resistance to scab and mildew. It is partially self-fertile so will set some fruit by itself. Having another same or different apple variety with the same or adjacent pollination group nearby will improve cropping.

• Flowering period C

• Pick early Septt and use Sept-Oct

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard

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Laxton’s Herald

Dessert apple. Raised by Laxton Bros. of Bedford in 1906 and introduced in 1939. A cross of Worcester Pearmain x Beauty of Bath. Yellow skinned flushed almost completely bright red with some darker red stripes. Worcester-like sweet and crisp flesh.

• Flowering period C

• Pick late Aug and use Sept

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard, SMRP

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Laxton’s Leader

Dessert apple. Raised by Laxton Bros. of Bedford in 1905 and introduced 1939. A cross of Worcester Pearmain x Gladstone. Greenish- yellow skin almost completely covered with a purple flush and a few broken stripes. Skin has a chalky ‘bloom’. Slightly acidic.

• Flowering period B

• Pick early Aug and use Aug

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard and SMRP

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Laxton’s Pearmain

Dessert apple. Raised by Laxton Bros. of Bedford in 1897 and introduced in 1922. A cross of Wyken Pippin x Cox’s Orange Pippin. Also known as Bedford Pearmain. A long, pearmain-shaped, medium sized apple. With green skin flushed and striped deep red. Flesh is crisp, juicy and quite aromatic.

• Flowering period E

• Pick mid-Oct, use Oct-Mar

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard

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Laxton’s Peerless

Dessert apple. Raised by Laxton Bros. of Bedford in 1900 and introduced in 1922. Parentage unknown. A large yellow skinned apple with quite a lot of scattered russet. Occasional red flush. Crisp, firm flesh with a little acidity.

• Flowering period C

• Pick mid-Sept and use Sept-Nov

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard

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Laxton’s Pioneer

Dessert apple. Raised by Laxton Bros. of Bedford in 1934 from a Cox's Orange Pippin x Worcester Pearmain. A large slightly flattened yellow skinned apple almost completely covered with a dark carmine flush and stripes. Skin has a chalky ‘bloom’. Flesh is crisp and quite astringent.

• Flowering period B

• Pick late Sept and use Oct-Nov

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard and SMRP

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Laxton’s Rearguard

Dessert apple. Raised by Laxton Bros. of Bedford in 1907. A cross of Cox’s Orange Pippin x Court Pendu Plat. Medium sized with a greenish skin mottled brown and with an occasional red flush. Usually some russet present. Crisp, juicy, aromatic flesh.

• Flowering period C

• Pick early Oct, use Nov-Jan

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard and SMRP

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Laxton’s Reward

Dessert apple. Raised by Laxton Bros. of Bedford in 1918 and introduced in 1925. A Laxton’s Epicure cross. Greenish yellow skinned streaked and flushed dark red. Firm, crisp sweet flesh.

• Flowering period D

• Pick early Sept and use Sept-Oct

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard

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Laxton’s Royalty

Dessert apple. Raised by Laxton Bros. of Bedford in 1908 and introduced in 1932. A cross of Cox’s Orange Pippin x Court Pendu Plat. Pale greenish-yellow skin with a dull red flush and darker red stripes. Has some russet on top and base. Firm and slightly aromatic flesh.

• Flowering period F

• Pick late Oct, use Jan-Mar

• Can be found at: PP

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Laxton’s Superb

Dessert apple. Raised by Laxton Bros. of Bedford in 1897 and introduced in 1922. A cross of Wyken Pippin x Cox’s Orange Pippin. A medium sized greenish apple flushed deep carmine and occasionally streaked purple. Firm, crisp flesh that can taste a little like aniseed. Has good resistance to canker and mildew. It is partially self-fertile, so will set some fruit by itself. Having another same or different apple variety with the same or adjacent pollination group nearby will help cropping.

• Flowering period D

• Pick mid-Oct, use Nov-Jan

• Can be found at: PP and LM

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Laxton’s Triumph

Dessert apple. Raised by Laxton Bros. of Bedford in 1902 and introduced in 1930. A cross of King of the Pippins x Cox’s Orange Pippin. A bright yellow skinned apple, flushed and striped bright scarlet. Highly aromatic, juicy, firm flesh.

• Flowering period D

• Pick late Oct, use Nov-Jan

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard and LM

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Laxton’s Victory

Dessert apple. Raised by Laxton Bros. of Bedford in 1926 and introduced in 1945. A cross of Cox’s Orange Pippin x Wealthy. A medium sized yellowish skinned apple with a brownish flush and occasionally streaked with red. Sweet and aromatic flesh.

• Flowering period C

• Pick early Sept and use Sept-Oct

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard

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Lord Lambourne

Dessert apple. Raised by Laxton Bros. of Bedford in 1907 and introduced in 1923. A cross of James Grieve x Worcester Pearmain. A medium sized greenish gold skinned apple with a maroon flush and a few red broken stripes. Some russet. Very aromatic tasting. Has good resistance to mildew and is partially self-fertile, so will set some fruit by itself. Having another same or different apple variety with the same or adjacent pollination group nearby will improve cropping.

• Flowering period C

• Pick late Sept and use Oct-Nov

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard, LM and CEL

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Margil

Dessert apple. Also called Reinette Musquée, Small Ribston, Never Fail. Origins unknown but it may have come from France originally; introduced by George London of Brompton Park Nursery which had large stocks by 1750. A very old, small but valued, late season dessert apple with a combination of the flavours found in Ribston Pippin and Cox's Orange Pippin. 

• Flowering period C

• Pick early Oct and use Oct-Dec

• Can be found at: CEL

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New Hawthornden

Culinary apple. Raised by Rivers’ Nursery of Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire in 1847. A yellowish green medium-sized apple with no stripes but is often flushed dull pink. Firm flesh which is quite acidic.

• Flowering period C

• Pick late Sept and use Sept-Oct

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard

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Newton Wonder

Culinary apple. A well-known, very large, very colourful, late to very late apple. William Taylor found it in 1870 growing in the thatch of his public house, the Hardinge Arms, King's Newton, Melbourne, Derbyshire and believed it to have derived from Dumelow's Seedling x Blenheim's Orange. He cultivated it at the rear of the pub, once an orchard, and in 1887 Messrs Pearson of Nottingham introduced it. The original tree stood into the 1940s.

• Flowering period F

• Pick mid Oct and use Nov-Mar

• Can be found at: Putteridge Bury (TBC)

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Owen Thomas

Dessert apple. Raised by Laxton Bros. of Bedford in 1897 and introduced 1920. Parentage unknown. Named after Queen Victoria’s gardener. Greenish skinned flushed orange with scarlet stripes. Quite greasy. Aromatic, sweet juicy flesh.

• Flowering period C

• Pick mid-Aug, use mid/late Aug

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard and SMRP

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Pam’s Delight

Dessert apple. Raised by Alfred Hull in Luton as a seedling. First fruited in 1956 and named after his daughter Pamela. Rivers Nursery in Hertfordshire sent trees for trial at the National Fruit Collection in Kent, but the variety was not released commercially. A medium sized yellow skinned apple with a dull red flush and crisp, juicy, sweet flesh.

• Flowering period C

• Pick mid-Oct, use Oct-Nov

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard, PP and LM

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Prince Edward

Dessert apple. Raised by Rivers’ Nursery of Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire in 1897. Believed to be a Cellini x Cox’s Pomona cross. A medium sized flat-round greenish coloured apple with a few stripes of red and an occasional orange flush. Greasy skinned and slightly sharp in flavour.

• Flowering period C

• Pick late Oct and use from Oct-Dec/Jan

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard

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Queensby's Glory

Dessert apple. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1949 from Wrest Park, Bedfordshire but thought to be older than this. Fruits have firm, yellowish white flesh with a sweet flavour.

• Flowering period C

• Pick early Sept

• Can be found at: LM

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Red Claygate

Dessert apple. Sometimes called Claygate Red. A bud sport of Claygate Pearmain that occurred on a tree at Allgrove’s Nursery, Middle Green, Buckinghamshire. The nursery dates back to the 19th century but the precise date of this variety is unknown. The apples are a little earlier to mature than Claygate Pearmain, being fully ripe straight from the tree. It is also redder than Claygate Pearmain, but otherwise can be considered the same. Dessert and cider, crisp, juicy and richly flavoured.

• Flowering period D

• Pick Oct and use Oct-Feb

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard

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Redcoat Grieve

Dual-purpose apple. A scarlet coloured sport of James Grieve which also crops more heavily. Discovered at the orchards of nurseryman Hal Jones in Letchworth, Hertforshire in 1916 and introduced by him in 1921. Juicy and refreshing flavour. Resistant to mildew.

• Flowering period C

• Pick early/mid Septt and use Sept-Oct

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard

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Rivers Early Peach

Dessert apple.Raised by Rivers’ Nursery of Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire in 1893. A medium sized early yellow apple with a slight reddish flush. Coarse, dry, sweet flesh with a flavour reminiscent of peaches. Best eaten within a day or so of picking.

• Flowering period B

• Pick and use early Aug

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard

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Rivers Nonsuch

Dessert apple. Raised by Rivers’ Nursery of Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire around 1850. Sometimes used as an apple rootstock. A tall, yellow apple with red stripes and a rich fruity flesh. Resistant to canker.

• Flowering period C

• Pick mid Septt and use Sept and Oct

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard

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Rivers St Martin

Dessert apple. Raised by Rivers’ Nursery of Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire before 1896. A medium sized maroon coloured apple. Flavour is very juicy and sweet with a hint of lemons.

• Flowering period D

• Pick early Oct and use Oct-Dec

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard

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Rosy

Dessert apple. Discovered growing in the orchards of Robert Powell at Bulphan, Essex in 1986. A medium sized dark red flushed apple. Very juicy and resembling a larger and longer-keeping Beauty of Bath. Unusual for developing partially red-stained flesh when fully ripe.

• Flowering period C

• Pick mid to late Oct and use Oct-Nov

• Can be found at: LM

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Rushmere Embroidered

Culinary apple. Found in 2013 this very old and much decayed tree was found, alone, within Rushmere Park, formerly part of Stockgrove estate, with a history from Mediaeval times, and now in the ownership of the Greensand Trust. The estate straddles the Buckinghamshire/Bedfordshire border (in Buckinghamshire before boundary changes). The apples are quite large and beautifully coloured with broad crimson and carmine stripes, over a base of pea green and amber. Though there is insufficient evidence to ‘identify’ it as the lost 18th century Embroidered Apple, the word ‘embroidered’ suits it well and the name has been adopted by all parties. A dual purpose apple, crisp, juicy, sweet and modestly acid in October, it cooks quickly keeping most of its shape, retaining its sweetness, but developing a good tang.

• Flowering period D

• Pick Oct and use Oct-Dec

• Can be found at: PP

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S.T. Wright

Culinary apple. A pretty cooking apple, bred by J. Allgrove, while working at the Veitch’s Nursery at Middle Green, Langley, Buckinghamshire, which was later bought out by the Allgrove family. It dates from 1913 and was a cross between Peasgood’s Nonsuch and Bismarck. It was named after the Royal Horticultural Society’s Fruit Officer. Large, round to round conic, sometimes angular. The base colour is greenish-yellow washed red on the sun-exposed face and marked with a dense pattern of fine red striping that partially extends onto the shaded face. The flesh is cream-coloured, fine grained, firm. Acidic.

• Flowering period D

• Pick Sept

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard and CEL

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September Beauty

Dessert apple. Raised by Laxton Bros. of Bedford in 1885. Parentage unknown. A medium sized yellowish green apple mottled and striped with orange. Skin is greasy and slightly russeted. Sweet flesh.

• Flowering period C

• Pick mid-Sept and use Sept-Nov/Dec

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard

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St. Edmund’s Russet

Dessert apple. Raised by Mr Richard Harvey of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk before 1845. A sweet, juicy and rich russet, which when fully ripe has an almost pear like quality. It has good resistance to scab, canker and mildew. Its synonym is St. Edmund’s Pippin.

• Flowering period C

• Pick in mid Sept and use Sept-Oct.

• Can be found in: PP

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Staward’s Seedling

Dual-purpose apple. Believed to have been raised by Richard Staward before 1949 when Head Gardener at Ware Park Gardens, Hertfordshire. A large sized greenish yellow apple with scattered broken orange stripes. Mildly sharp in flavour.

• Flowering period C

• Pick late Sept and use Oct-Nov

• Can be found in: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard

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Thomas Rivers

Culinary apple. Raised by Rivers’ Nursery in Hertfordshire as a seedling of the variety American Mother in 1892. Originally called Rivers’ Codlin’ when introduced in 1894 but renamed in 1897. Irregular shape and ribbed on body. Yellow in colour with a dull red flush and some faint stripes. Cooks like a codlin, creating a sharp, acidic puree.

• Flowering period D

• Pick early Sept and use Sept-Nov

• Can be found in: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard

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Voyager

Dessert apple. Raised by Mr. King of Barnet, Hertfordshire in 1952. Possibly a cross between Laxton’s Superb and Monarch. A medium sized slightly acidic tasting apple.

• Flowering period C

• Pick mid Oct and use Nov-Dec

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard

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Warner’s King

Culinary apple. The origins unknown but it appears to be the apple orginally known as the King's Apple. By 1802 this was well known to William Forsyth author of 'A treatise on the culture and management of fruit trees' who references the King's Apple on p62. It was widely distributed and gave rise to many local pseudonyms. In 1884 in his Fruit Manual, Hogg reports 'Thomas Rivers received it some years ago from Mr Warner, a small nurseryman from Gosforth near Leeds, as the King Apple, and by way of distinguishing it, called it Warner's King'. It is a very large, flat-round or conical apple, often lop-sided, with a pale green colour that changes to pale yellow as it ripens. Becomes greasy if stored.  The flesh is white tinged with green with an acidic, juicy and brisk taste.

• Flowering period B

• Pick late Sept and use late Sept-Dec

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard and Bide-A-While public park

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Worcester Pearmain

Dessert apple. A seedling of Devonshire Quarrenden grown by Mr Hale of Worcestershire, and introduced around 1873 by Richard Smith. It soon became very popular and by 1876 trees were selling for the extravagant sum of 1 guinea. Bright red, medium sized fruit, crisp and juicy, and with a strawberry flavour. Very sweet, and popular with children. Good crops in September, richer if left on the tree, but it does not store for long. Attractive blossom. Part tip bearing.

• Flowering period D

• Pick and use Sept

• Can be found at: PP

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Young’s Pinello

Dessert apple. Raised by Miss Eva Young in 1935, a founder of Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire. A medium sized pale yellow skinned apple with a scarlet flush and stripes. Firm, aromatic, sweet tasting flesh.

• Flowering period C

• Pick mid Oct and use from Nov-Jan

• Can be found at: Wigmore Valley Peace Garden Orchard

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