Late-season Sheffield eating apple. A heavy, reliable cropper with crisp, juicy and sweet fruits that can hang on the tree into the new year.

Type: Dessert

Season: October-January

Pollination: Unknown

A good cooking apple, round-conical in shape. Keeps some of its shape when cooked and suitable for growing in northern Britain.

Type: Culinary

Season: October-December

Pollination: Partially self-fertile. Pollination group D

A modern, disease-resistant variety with a refreshing sharp flavour. Medium-sized apples with red-flushed skin and crisp, cream-coloured flesh.

Type: Dessert

Season: October-January

Pollination: Self-sterile. Pollination group D

A small, sweet apple which is a favourite with children due to its size. The colour is a deep red, almost purple.

Type: Dessert

Season: October

Pollination: Self-fertile. Pollination group C

A classic English russet variety. The fruit are juicy and crisp with a strong sharp flavour and store well.

Type: Dessert

Season: December-March

Pollination: Self-sterile. Pollination group C

Easy to grow mid-season dessert apple that is disease resistant and stores well. The fruit are yellow-green and deliciously crisp, sharp and refreshing.

Type: Dessert

Season: September-November

Pollination: Self-sterile. Pollination group D

One of the best early season apple varieties. Produces reliable crops of attractive red fruit that is particularly good for juicing.

Type: Dessert

Season: September

Pollination: Self-sterile. Pollination group C

A very large red-flushed eating apple with a superb flavour that is similar to Cox. The tree grows vigorously and produces a reliable heavy crop.

Type: Dessert

Season: October-January

Pollination: Self-sterile. Triploid (can’t pollinate others). Pollination group D

Easy to grow, heavy and regular crops. Honeyed and very sweet when left on the tree to ripen. Fruit stores well, and is versatile - can be used for cooking and eating.

Type: Dessert

Season: November - February

Pollination: Group 4

Exceptionally flavoursome orange-flushed dessert apple. Very juicy, with soft flesh almost like a pear. Fruit develops a hint of aniseed flavour when very ripe.

Type: Dessert

Season: September-October

Pollination: Self-fertile. Pollination group D

A flavoursome, well-balanced russeted apple that is easy to grow and store.

Type: Dessert

Season: October-April

Pollination: Self-sterile. Pollination group C

Easy to grow early variety. Crisp and juicy red apple with hints of strawberry. Best eaten straight from the tree.

Type: Dessert

Season: August-September

Pollination: Self-sterile. Pollination group C

A very old variety of apple with an unusual shape, as suggested by the name. A cooking apple, it is juicy with a sharp flavour and cooks down to a puree.

Type: Culinary

Season: October-January

Pollination: Self-sterile triploid (can't pollinate others). Pollination group C.

The definitive English cooking apple. This vigorous tree produces large, flat fruit with a vivid green skin and acidic white flesh that cooks down to a smooth puree. Stores well.

Type: Culinary

Season: October-March

Pollination: Self-sterile. Triploid (can’t pollinate others). Pollination group D

A mid-season, heavy-cropping culinary apple with a light, sweet, juicy flavour.

Type: Culinary

Season: September-November

Pollination: Self-sterile. Pollination group C

A very tasty dessert pear with a hint of rose flavour and juicy, melt-in-the-mouth flesh. Well suited to northern climates.

Type: Dessert

Season: October

Pollination: Self-sterile. Pollination group B

An ancient apple variety known for its small, sweet, dark red flush fruit and beautiful white flowers. Heavy cropping and can be stored until April.

Type: Dessert

Season: October-April

Pollination: Self-sterile. Pollination group C

An old American variety producing sweet, juicy dessert apples with a hint of vanilla flavour.

Type: Dessert

Season: October-December

Pollination: Partially self-fertile. Pollination group C

An excellent dual-purpose variety that is also good in cider. Pale yellow skin with a red flush. Strong flavour with a hint of pineapple. Stores well.

Type: Dessert/Culinary/Cider

Season: October-April

Pollination: Self-fertile. Pollination group C