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| Home | Food Plants Home The Food Garden APPLES: Ka-Ya Apples pages: Ad-De | Do-Jo | Ka-Ya Mail-order of bare-rooted Apple trees is currently available. Sold as bare-rooted trees on MM102 semi-dwarfing rootstock (to 3m). Available June-August 2011 or until sold out. All varieties $18.00ea. |
| | KANDIL SINAP Crisp and juicy dessert apple Origin: Russia (1800's). Ripens: Mid-season (March-April). Description: Small, elongated green apple with a pink blush. Sweet, crisp and juicy flesh, valued as a luxury fruit in France the 1920's. Also cooks well. SOLD OUT |
| KESWICK CODLIN Renowned English cooking apple Origin: Lancashire, UK (1793). Ripens: Early (January-February). Description: One of the most popular early cookers, being the classic tart and sauce apple of England. Many claim 'there is none better for jelly'. Also refreshing and juicy eating apple. Productive and decorative tree, recommended for arbours. SOLD OUT |
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| LADY IN THE SNOW Popular sweet and juicy dessert apple (=FAMEUSE or SNOW APPLE) Origin: Canada (1730). Ripens: Mid-season (March-April). Description: Very popular and widely grown apple. Deep red and pink flushed apple with snow white flesh. Flesh is crisp and juicy with a sweet, strawberry-like flavour. Also useful for cider. Heavy cropping, hardy and vigorous tree. |
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LORD LAMBOURNE Classic English dessert apple
Origin: England (1907). Ripens: Mid-season (March-April). Description: Very popular apple with juicy, sweet, aromatic flesh. Rounded shape with green skin flushed with orange, often with slight russeting. Hardy variety that is highly recommended for the home garden. One of our personal favourites. SOLD OUT |
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McINTOSH Popular American dessert apple Origin: Ontario, Canada (1811). Ripens: Mid-season (March-April). Description: Widely popular and highly esteemed apple with good eating qualities. Attractive, bright red apples are covered with a silvery bloom. Flesh is crisp and white with a wonderful flavour. Hardy tree bearing heavy crops. |
| MUTSU Large, late-maturing dessert apple (=CRISPIN) Origin: Japan (1930). Ripens: Late (May-June). Description: Popular garden and comercially grown apple. Fruit is large and greenish-yellow with a sweet, juicy flesh, similar to Golden Delicious (one parent). Also used for juice, cider and cooking. Vigorous tree bearing heavy crops. |
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NEW PEASGOOD NONSUCH Huge, dual-purpose apple with sweet, aromatic flesh Origin: England (1850) Ripens: Mid-season (March-April). Description: Huge yellow fruit with red striped skin. Creamy flesh with sweet-sharp, aromatic flavour. Also an excellent baking apple, cooking to a fine puree. Vigorous grower. |
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PINE GOLDEN PIPPIN Well-flavoured dessert apple Origin: England (1861). Ripens: Mid-season (March-April). Description: Small russet apple with crisp, green, aromatic flesh. Excellent flavour, with a hint of pineapple. One of Peter Cundall's favourite apples. Good cropper. |
| RED DELICIOUS Popular sweet and juicy dessert apple Origin: Iowa, USA (1870's). Ripens: Mid-season (March-April). Description: Very popular and widely grown variety bearing heavy crops of bright red, shiny apples with sweet, slightly aromatic flavour. A favourite for fresh eating. Also good for juicing. Has given rise to many other well-known varieties. |
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| REINETTE DOREE Old European dual-purpose apple (=GOLDEN REINETTE) Origin: Estonia, Europe (1600's). Ripens: Late (May-June). Description: Orange-red flushed apple with some russet. Sweet and creamy, aromatic flesh, often with a crumbling texture. Also valued as a cooker, keeping its shape well and cooking to a stiff puree. Stores well. |
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RIBSTON PIPPIN Classic English dessert apple
Origin: Yorkshire, England (1707). Ripens: Early/Mid season (February-March). Description: Well-flavoured, renowned dessert apple with rich, aromatic flesh. Likely parent of the famous Cox's Orange Pippin. Fruit is dark orange with pronounced russeting. |
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ROME BEAUTY Late-maturing, dual-purpose apple Origin: Ohio, USA. Ripens: Late (May-June). Description: Attractive yellow apple with pink and red stripes. Juicy, crisp white flesh, sweetening with age. Good dessert, cooker and keeper. Also used for cider. |
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| SAINT LAWRENCE Richly coloured early dessert apple Origin: Canada (1835). Ripens: Early/Mid season (February-March). Description: Attractive, red striped apple with a sweet, crisp, melting flesh, similar in flavour to McIntosh. Vigorous, spreading trees, bearing heavy crops. |
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| SCARLET PERMAIN Sweet red dessert apple Origin: UK (1800's). Ripens: Mid-season (March-April). Description: Attractive apple with a striking scarlet flush. Deep cream flesh is crisp and juicy with a sweet, distinctive flavour. Vigorous grower. |
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STAYMANS WINESAP Uniquely flavoured, late-maturing dessert apple Origin: Kansas, USA (1850). Ripens: Mid/Late season (April-May). Description: Popular, late-maturing American apple with a distinctive, aromatic vinous (winesap) flavour. Good storage qualities. | |
| STOKE RED Scented, vintage quality cider variety Origin: Somerset, UK. Ripens: Late (May-June). Description: Heavy cropping variety, bearing small-medium red fruit. Produces sharp, astringent juice and high quality cider with scented and fruity characteristics. Good disease resistance. |
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| STONE PIPPIN Heavy cropping, late dessert apple Origin: Vermont, USA (1836). Ripens: Late (May-June). Description: Large, late bearing green apple flushed with orange-pink. Esteemed sweet and juicy flavour. Trees are hardy and vigorous, tending to bear very heavy crops that may require thinning. SOLD OUT |
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STURMER PIPPIN Late-cropping, aromatic, dual-purpose apple
Origin: Suffolk, England (1831). Ripens: Very late (June-July). Description: Excellent home garden variety, valued both for flavour and it's extremely late cropping, extending well into winter when most varieties have long finished. The dense yellow flesh is very acidic and has a unique, aromatic flavour. Wonderful for fresh eating, cider and cooking. |
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SWEETMAN Heavy cropping, sweet dessert apple Origin: Unknown. Ripens: Early (January-February). Description: Produces huge crops of small, yellow apples with very sweet, distinctly honey-flavoured flesh. |
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NEW Origin: Tasmania Ripens: Mid/Late season (April-May). Description: Long-keeping, red apple that shines nicely. Crisp, sweet and juicy, creamy flesh with a lovely honeyed flavour.
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VISTA BELLA High quality, very early dessert apple
Origin: New Jersey, USA (1950's). Ripens: Very early (Late December-Early January). Description: One of the earliest of all apples with perfumed, crisp and juicy flesh. Medium-sized fruit is yellow-green, flushed with scarlet. With poor storage qualities, fruit is best eaten soon after picking to truly appreciate flavour. | |
| WORCESTER PERMAIN Late, intensely-flavoured dessert apple Origin: Worcester, UK (1870's). Ripens: Early (January-February). Description: Popular, bright red, well-flavoured apple with a sweet, intense strawberry-like flavour and firm, juicy white flesh. Also good for juicing. Upright habit, bearing heavy crops late in the season. Tolerates late frosts. Tree is highly ornamental in blossom. SOLD OUT |
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| YARLINGTON MILL Renowned English cider variety Origin: Somerset, UK. Ripens: Late (May-June). Description: Bears heavy crops of medium-size yellow fruit, flushed with red. Fruit tends to fall from the tree when ripe. Produces sweet-bittersweet cider of good aroma and flavour, highly regarded in Europe. Tree is vigorous and upright in habit. |
