Varieties

Varieties list

• Apple tree

  Akane

  

  Akane is an attractive early-season eating apple with a good pedigree and a sweet/sharp flavor.

  • Picking season: Early
  • Pollination group: 4
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Alkmene

  

  Alkmene is a mid-season apple from Germany, related to to Cox but with a more robust flavor.

  • Awards: RHS AGM (current)
  • Picking season: Mid
  • Pollination group: 2
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Almata

  Almata is a red-fleshed apple, with an acidic flavor. The blossom is deep red.

  • Picking season: Early
  • Pollination group: 1
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Cider apple tree

  Amere de Berthencourt

  Amere de Berthencourt is a traditional French bittersweet cider apple.

  • Pollination group: 2
  • Uses: Hard cider
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Anna

  Anna is the go-to apple apple variety for growers in low-chill climates - if you are in southern California, or the southern states, Anna is a good choice.

  • Picking season: Very early
  • Pollination group: 1
  • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Antonovka

  

  Antonovka is one of the most cold-hardy of all apple varieties.

  • Picking season: Early
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Arkansas Black

  

  Arkansas Black is an unusual and attractive apple, used as a winter apple after maturing in a cold store.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Ashmead's Kernel

  

  A versatile English 17th century russet apple, Ashmead's Kernel is noted for its distinctive pear-like flavor.

  • Awards: RHS AGM (current)
  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 4
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Plum tree

  AU Rosa

  AU Rosa is a heavy-cropping and self-fertile red plum, related to the popular Santa Rosa but with better disease resistance.

  • Picking season: Mid
  • Gardening skill: Average
  • Pollination group: 1
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
• Pear tree

  Aurora

  An early-season American pear variety, related to Bartlett but with an improved flavor and better storage.

  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Cherry trees

  Balaton

  A late-season tart cherry, great for pies and jams, with a sweet tangy flavor and high sugar content - can also be eaten out of hand.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Fruit color: Red - dark
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Baldwin

  

  Baldwin is an American heirloom apples, sweet and crisp for eating fresh or cooking.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 4
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Pear tree

  Bartlett

  A classic English pear, easy to grow, and a good flavor.

  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
  • Awards: RHS AGM (former)
• Cider apple tree

  Bedan des Parts

  

  A traditional French bittersweet cider variety, with some resistance to fireblight.

  • Pollination group: 6
  • Uses: Hard cider
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Belle de Boskoop

  

  A versatile and popular dual-purpose 19th century Dutch apple, still grown commercially in Europe.

  • Awards: RHS AGM (current)
  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
  • Awards: RHS AM
• Pear tree

  Beurre Bosc

  

  A traditional French pear with buttery melting flesh.

  • Pollination group: 5
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Cider apple tree

  Binet Rouge

  A popular traditional French hard cider variety.

  • Pollination group: 4
  • Uses: Hard cider
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Black Oxford

  

  A good quality hardy traditional New England apple which keeps well.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 4
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Cherry trees

  BlackGoldTM

  BlackGold is an early/mid-season self-fertile sweet black cherry.

  • Picking season: Mid
  • Fruit color: Black
  • Fruit color: Red / Black
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
  • Universal pollinator: Yes
• Cherry trees

  BlackPearl®

  BlackPearl is an early season dark cherry with a firm flesh and sweet flavor.

  • Picking season: Early
  • Fruit color: Red / Black
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
  • Universal pollinator: No
• Pear tree

  Blake's Pride

  A modern fireblight resistant pear, which ripens mid-season, about a week later than Bartlett.

  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Blue Pearmain

  

  An old-fashioned winter eating apple, with a strong sweet/sharp flavor.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Plum tree

  Bluebyrd

  A late-season disease-resistant European plum with a dark blue skin and a sweet flavor.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Gardening skill: Average
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Bonkers NY35

  Bonkers (NY35) is an interesting cross between Liberty and Delicious, with the best characteristics of both.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Bramley's Seedling

  

  Bramley is the essential English cooking and sharp cider apple, famous for its rich tangy acidity.

  • Awards: RHS AGM (current)
  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Cider apple tree

  Bramtot

  Bramtot is a traditional French hard cider variety, with a bittersweet juice.

  • Pollination group: 4
  • Uses: Hard cider
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Perry pear tree

  Brandy

  

  A mid-season English perry pear which produces a low-tannin juice.

  • Gardening skill: Average
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Uses: Hard cider
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Cider apple tree

  Brown Snout

  

  A traditional English bittersweet cider apple.

  • Pollination group: 6
  • Uses: Hard cider
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Cider apple tree

  Brown's Apple

  

  Brown's Apple is a traditional English cider apple variety producing a sharp juice.

  • Pollination group: 5
  • Uses: Hard cider
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Cider apple tree

  Bulmers Norman

  

  A traditional English bittersweet cider apple.

  • Pollination group: 3
  • Uses: Hard cider
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Burgundy

  

  A mid-season apple variety with a good flavor, and good for juicing.

  • Picking season: Mid
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Perry pear tree

  Butt

  Butt is a traditional English perry pear, with medium acidity and medium tannins.

  • Gardening skill: Average
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Uses: Juice
  • Uses: Hard cider
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Calville Blanc

  

  One of the world's great cooking apples, Calville Blanc is a French variety with a spicy tangy flavor.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 4
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Cider apple tree

  Campfield

  A cold-hardy late-season bittersweet cider variety.

  • Pollination group: 3
  • Uses: Hard cider
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Peach trees

  Carolina Belle

  Carolina Belle is a large self-fertile white-fleshed freestone peach.

  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
  • Flesh colour: White
• Peach trees

  Carolina Gold

  A self-fertile cold-hardy late-blooming yellow-flesh freestone peach.

  • Cling-stone: Freestone
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
  • Flesh colour: Golden / Yellow
• Plum tree

  Castleton

  A reliable early-season dual-purpose plum.

  • Picking season: Early
  • Gardening skill: Beginner
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
• Crab apple tree

  Centennial Crab

  • Picking season: Mid
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Crab apple tree

  Chestnut Crab

  

  A large-fruited cold-hardy crab-apple.

  • Picking season: Mid
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Chieftain

  

  A quietly popular apple, similar to Delicious but with a better and more complex flavor.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 4
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Peach trees

  China Pearl

  China Pearl is a cold-hardy late-blooming white-fleshed freestone peach with good fruit size.

  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
• Cider apple tree

  Chisel Jersey

  

  Chisel Jersey is a traditional English hard cider apple variety, producing a bittersweet juice.

  • Pollination group: 6
  • Uses: Hard cider
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Claygate Pearmain

  

  Claygate Pearmain is a popular English dessert apple of the Victorian era.

  • Picking season: Very late
  • Pollination group: 4
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
  • Awards: RHS AGM (former)
• Cider apple tree

  Collaos

  A hard-cider apple variety from Spain.

  • Pollination group: 5
  • Uses: Hard cider
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Peach trees

  Contender

  A reliable late-blooming yellow-fleshed peach with a good flavor.

  • Cling-stone: Freestone
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
  • Flesh colour: Golden / Yellow
• Peach trees

  Coralstar®

  Coralstar is a yellow-flesh mid-season freestone peach, well-suited to backyard growers.

  • Cling-stone: Freestone
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
  • Flesh colour: Golden / Yellow
• Apple tree

  Cortland

  

  Developed from McIntosh, Cortland is one of the most widely-grown Mac-style apples.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Court Pendu Plat

  

  Court Pendu Plant is a traditional French apple with a pronounced aromatic pear-drop flavor.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 6
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Cox Queen

  

  A modern self-fertile form of the renowned Cox's Orange Pippin, with arguably even better flavor.

  • Picking season: Mid
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Cox's Orange Pippin

  

  Cox is widely considered to have the best flavor of any dessert apple variety.

  • Picking season: Mid
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  CrimsonCrispTM

  

  CrimsonCrisp is a modern scab-resistant apple, with a very crisp flesh. It can be picked over a long-period.

  • Picking season: Mid
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  CrimsonTopazTM

  CrimsonTopaz is a modern scab-resistant variety from the Czech Republic, with a sweet-tart flavor.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Cripps Pink

  

  Cripps Pink is one of the best-known modern apple varieties, well-suited to the warmer apple-growing regions.

  • Picking season: Very late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Cripps Red

  

  Cripps Red is a late-season dessert apple from Australia, with a crisp dense flesh and a good flavor.

  • Picking season: Very late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Cider apple tree

  Dabinett

  

  Dabinett is a traditional English cider apple variety, producing a bittersweet juice.

  • Pollination group: 6
  • Uses: Hard cider
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
• Cherry trees

  Danube

  An attractive red tart cherry which can also be eaten fresh.

  • Picking season: Mid
  • Fruit color: Red
  • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Dayton

  Dayton is an attractive red modern disease-resistant apple with crisp flesh and a sweet/tart flavor.

  • Picking season: Mid
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Peach trees

  Desiree®

  Desiree is a self-fertile early-season yellow-fleshed peach.

  • Cling-stone: Semi-freestone
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
  • Flesh colour: Golden / Yellow
• Crab apple tree

  Dolgo

  

  Malus Dolgo, also known as Pink Glow, offers early-season white flowers and dark pink fruits.

  • Picking season: Early
  • Pollination group: 2
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
• Cider apple tree

  Domaine

  Domaine is a traditional French bittersharp cider apple variety.

  • Pollination group: 2
  • Uses: Hard cider
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Duchess of Oldenburg

  

  An old culinary variety from Russia, popular in North America, and noted for its winter hardiness.

  • Picking season: Early
  • Pollination group: 2
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Edelborsdorfer

  

  A very old apple variety, originating from central Europe.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 4
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Egremont Russet

  

  Egremont Russet is the most popular English russet variety, and a good apple tree for the garden.

  • Awards: RHS AGM (current)
  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 2
  • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
• Cider apple tree

  Ellis Bitter

  

  Ellis Bitter is a traditional and popular English cider apple, producing a bittersweet juice.

  • Pollination group: 5
  • Uses: Hard cider
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Elstar

  

  Elstar is an attractive apple with a well-balanced honeyed flavor.

  • Awards: RHS AGM (current)
  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Empire

  

  One of the most widely-planted McIntosh style apples, Empire has the Mac flavor but improves on it.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
• Plum tree

  Empress

  Empress, also known as Blue Imperatrice, is a very late season European plum with a notably sweet flavor.

  • Picking season: Very late
  • Gardening skill: Average
  • Pollination group: 5
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Enterprise

  

  Enterprise is a modern American disease-resistant apple, good for eating fresh and cooking.

  • Picking season: Very late
  • Pollination group: 4
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Erwin Bauer

  A fine-flavored late-season eating apple from Germany.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Plum tree

  European Damson

  

  A European-style Damson plum, with a traditional rich astringent flavor.

  • Picking season: Mid
  • Gardening skill: Beginner
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Fameuse

  

  A very hardy north country apple, known both as the Snow Apple and Fameuse, and the probable parent of McIntosh.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 2
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Pear tree

  Flemish Beauty

  A traditional European pear from Belgium, with the classic rich sweet buttery melting flesh. Flemish Beauty is also self-fertile and cold-hardy.

  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Florina

  

  A modern disease-resistant variety related to Jonathan and Golden Delicious.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 4
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Freedom

  

  A modern disease-resistant apple variety, similar to McIntosh.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Freiherr von Berlepsch

  

  A good quality German apple, notable for its characteristic pineapple flavor.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Cider apple tree

  Frequin Rouge

  

  Frequin Rouge is one of the most important of the traditional French hard-cider apple varieties.

  • Pollination group: 4
  • Uses: Hard cider
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Freyberg

  

  Freyberg (or Freyburg) is an attractive golden yellow apple with a high-quality sweet refreshing flavor.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  FrostbiteTM

  

  An unusual small apple with a distinctive sweet flavor, and exceptional cold-hardiness.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Fuji

  

  Developed in Japan, but with all-American parents, Fuji is a very attractive apple with a good sweet flavor.

  • Picking season: Very late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Fuji (early)

  Early ripening forms of the Fuji apple variety.

  • Picking season: Mid
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Gala

  

  Gala is popular supermarket apple - but better when home-grown, with a sweet pleasant flavor.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 4
  • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
• Peach trees

  Galactica

  Galactica is a self-fertile cold-hardy white-fleshed donut or peento peach.

  • Cling-stone: Freestone
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
  • Flesh colour: White
• Apple tree

  Galarina

  Galarina is best considered an improved, disease-resistant Gala (to which it is closely related).

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Crab apple tree

  Geneva Crab

  A large-fruited red-fleshed crab apple, useful for cider blends.

  • Picking season: Early
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
• Plum tree

  Geneva MirabelleTM

  An American mirabelle, similar in style to the traditional French mirabelles.

  • Picking season: Mid
  • Gardening skill: Average
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Cider apple tree

  Geneva Tremlett's Bitter

  

  A bittersharp cider apple variety, found at the USDA repository at Geneva, but probably of English origin.

  • Pollination group: 4
  • Uses: Hard cider
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Gilpin

  Gilpin is a traditional American an all-purpose apple, an excellent keeper, useful in the kitchen and for cider too.

  • Picking season: Very late
  • Pollination group: 5
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Perry pear tree

  Gin

  A rare English perry pear variety with good disease resistance and medium acid and tannins.

  • Gardening skill: Average
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Uses: Hard cider
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Ginger Gold®

  

  One of the first yellow apples to ripen.

  • Picking season: Very early
  • Pollination group: 4
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Golden Delicious

  

  The flavor of home-grown Golden Delicious is far better than its supermarket reputation.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 4
  • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
  • Awards: RHS AGM (former)
• Crab apple tree

  Golden Hornet

  Malus Golden Hornet has pink / white blossom then small yellow crab apples which hang on late in the year.

  • Picking season: Very late
  • Pollination group: 5
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
  • Awards: RHS AGM (former)
• Apple tree

  Golden Russet

  

  Golden Russet is an antique apple from New York, considered the best-flavored of American russets.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 2
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  GoldRush

  

  GoldRush is a modern disease-resistant apple, like Golden Delicious but with a better tart/sweet balance. It is also one of the best new hard-cider varieties.

  • Picking season: Very late
  • Pollination group: 4
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Granny Smith

  

  Granny Smith is the world-famous green apple from Australia, a good choice for warmer apple-growing regions.

  • Picking season: Very late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Gravenstein

  

  Gravenstein is a high-quality early-season eating and cooking apple, with an excellent strong apple flavor.

  • Picking season: Early
  • Pollination group: 1
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Grimes Golden

  

  A high quality apple, Grimes Golden is probably the parent of Golden Delicious, but with a richer flavor.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
• Cider apple tree

  Harrison

  Harrison is a traditional American cider apple, noted for its excellent juice quality.

  • Pollination group: 3
  • Uses: Juice
  • Uses: Hard cider
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
  • Awards: Slow Food - Ark of Taste
• Pear tree

  Harrow Crisp

  An attractive disease-resistant early-season pear with an orange flushed yellow skin, related to Bartlett and with a similar flavor.

  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Pear tree

  Harrow Delight

  Harrow Delight is an early-season Bartlett-style pear with a sweet flavor and good disease-resistance.

  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Pear tree

  Harrow Sweet

  A disease-resistant heavy-cropping late-season pear with an excellent sweet flavor for eating fresh.

  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Cider apple tree

  Harry Masters Jersey

  

  Harry Masters Jersey is a traditional English cider apple variety, producing a bittersweet juice.

  • Pollination group: 4
  • Uses: Hard cider
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Cherry trees

  Hedelfingen

  An old European sweet cherry, which is well-suited to the North American climate and widely-grown.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Fruit color: Red / Black
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
  • Universal pollinator: No
• Perry pear tree

  Hendre Huffcap

  

  A well-known English perry pear variety, and a reliable cropper. Makes a light, low-tannin perry.

  • Gardening skill: Beginner
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Uses: Hard cider
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Crab apple tree

  Hewe's Virginia

  

  Also known as Virginia Crab, Hewe's Crab is considered one of the best varieties for cider.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Holstein

  

  A high-quality apple from Germany, noted for its good flavor and excellent juice.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Honeycrisp

  

  Honeycrisp is a cold-hardy disease-resistant apple - it shows just how good modern apples have become.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 4
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Pear tree

  Honeysweet

  Honeysweet is a self-fertile small late-season sweet pear, with buttery flesh, related to Seckel.

  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
• Asian pear trees

  Hosui

  Hosui has perhaps the best flavor of any Asian pear - it is very juicy and very sweet.

  • Picking season: Early
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Hubbardston Nonsuch

  

  An old heirloom apple variety named after the town in Massuchusetts.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 4
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Cherry trees

  Hudson

  Hudson is a late-season red/black cherry, with some resistance to fruit splitting.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Fruit color: Red / Black
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Hudson's Golden Gem

  

  A large yellow russeted apple with an excellent sweet flavor.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Idared

  A popular and versatile apple, especially good for juicing, and an exceptional keeper.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 2
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
  • Awards: RHS AGM (former)
• Peach trees

  Intrepid

  A cold-hardy orange-flesh freestone peach which blooms late in the spring.

  • Cling-stone: Freestone
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
  • Flesh colour: Golden / Yellow
• Apple tree

  Isaac Newton's Tree

  

  The old Engish variety known as Flower of Kent is the variety of apple tree the famous scientist sat under.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 5
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Jonagold

  

  Jonagold is a high quality American apple, with a good balanced sweet/sharp flavor.

  • Awards: RHS AGM (current)
  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 4
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Jonalicious

  An interesting cross of Red Delicious and Jonathan, for eating fresh or baking.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 5
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Jonathan

  

  One of the best-flavored US apple varieties, a good choice for the backyard orchard.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
• Cherry trees

  Jubileum®

  Jubileum is one of the earliest-ripening tart cherries, and also one of the sweetest.

  • Picking season: Early
  • Fruit color: Red
  • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Kandil Sinap

  An unusual but beautiful looking apple, with a sweet scented flavor.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Karmijn de Sonnaville

  

  A rare Cox-style apple from the Netherlands, with the potential for very good flavor.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 4
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Keepsake

  

  A high-quality late-season eating apple, keeps well, and at its best in mid-winter.

  • Picking season: Very late
  • Pollination group: 4
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Crab apple tree

  Kerr

  

  A cold-hardy crab-apple, primarily used for cider and cooking.

  • Picking season: Mid
  • Pollination group: 2
  • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Kidd's Orange Red

  

  Kidd's Orange Red is one of the best Cox-style apples, aromatic, sweet, and easy to grow.

  • Awards: RHS AGM (current)
  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  King David

  

  A popular Arkansas variety with a rich southern flavor.

  • Picking season: Very late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  King of Tompkins County

  

  An heirloom apple from New York state, primarily used for cooking.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Cider apple tree

  Kingston Black

  

  Kingston Black is one of the premier English cider varieties and produces a bittersharp juice.

  • Pollination group: 4
  • Uses: Hard cider
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Asian pear trees

  Korean Giant

  Korean Giant has potentially the largest fruits of any Asian pear variety.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Lady

  

  A small highly flavored apple variety from France, where it is known as Api. It is thought to be very old.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Laxton's Superb

  Laxton's Superb is a deservedly popular English late-season dessert apple from the Victorian era.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 4
  • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Liberty

  

  Liberty is a popular disease-resistant apple, large crops of bright red apples, similar to McIntosh.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 2
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Macoun

  

  Macoun is one of the best McIntosh-style apples, with the characteristic flowery vinous flavor.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Pear tree

  Magness

  A high quality late-season eating pear, developed to be fireblight resistant.

  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Cider apple tree

  Major

  

  A traditional English bittersweet hard-cider variety.

  • Pollination group: 3
  • Uses: Hard cider
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Margil

  

  An 18th century French apple variety with an aromatic and complex flavor.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  McIntosh

  

  A traditional versatile apple popular in the northern states of the USA. Also known as Macintosh.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 2
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Cider apple tree

  Medaille d'Or

  

  Medaille d'Or is a traditional French cider variety, which produces a full bittersweet juice.

  • Pollination group: 6
  • Uses: Hard cider
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Plum tree

  Methley

  Methley is an early-season Japanese plum. It is reliably self-fertile, and crops heavily from a young age.

  • Picking season: Early
  • Gardening skill: Average
  • Pollination group: 1
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
• Cider apple tree

  Mettais

  A high-quality traditional French bittersweet cider apple.

  • Pollination group: 2
  • Uses: Hard cider
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Cider apple tree

  Michelin

  

  Michelin is a traditional French cider apple variety producing a bittersweet juice.

  • Pollination group: 4
  • Uses: Hard cider
  • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
• Cherry trees

  Montmorency

  

  If you want to make a traditional American cherry pie, Montmorency is the variety you need.

  • Picking season: Early
  • Fruit color: Red
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
• Pear tree

  Moonglow

  

  A high quality early season dessert and culinary pear, very resistant to fireblight.

  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Cider apple tree

  Muscadet de Dieppe

  

  A very old French bittersweet cider variety.

  • Pollination group: 2
  • Uses: Hard cider
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Mutsu

  

  Mutsu (or Crispin) is a high quality apple from Japan, with a good flavor, and also sharp enough for cooking.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Cider apple tree

  Nehou

  

  An old French bittersweet cider variety.

  • Pollination group: 2
  • Uses: Hard cider
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Newtown Pippin

  

  In use since the 18th century, Newtown Pippin is a versatile American apple with a good aromatic flavor.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
  • Awards: Slow Food - Ark of Taste
• Asian pear trees

  Niitaka

  Niitaka is an Asian pear variety producing very large crisp russeted fruits.

  • Picking season: Mid
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Cider apple tree

  Noel des Champs

  A traditional French bittersweet cider apple.

  • Pollination group: 3
  • Uses: Traditional cooker
• Apple tree

  Northern Spy

  

  Northern Spy is a popular late-season American heirloom apple variety which stores well.

  • Picking season: Very late
  • Pollination group: 5
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Crab apple tree

  Northland Crab

  Northland Crab is a cold-hardy crab apple, ideal for crab-apple jelly.

  • Picking season: Early
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Novaspy

  

  An improved form of Northern Spy, and an excellent all-round apple for northern areas.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Plum tree

  Old Green Gage

  

  The definitive gage - Old Green Gage is arguably the best-flavored of any plum variety.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Gardening skill: Experienced
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Plum tree

  Opal

  

  Opal is an early European plum variety with a good flavor, self-fertile and very easy to grow.

  • Awards: RHS AGM (current)
  • Picking season: Early
  • Gardening skill: Beginner
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Orleans Reinette

  

  Orleans Reinette is a traditional French apple variety, and remains popular for its old-fashioned flavour.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 4
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Plum tree

  Oullins Gage

  The golden yellow plums of Oullins Gage have an excellent rich sweet flavor.

  • Awards: RHS AGM (current)
  • Picking season: Mid
  • Gardening skill: Beginner
  • Pollination group: 4
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
• Peach trees

  PF8 Ball

  PF8 Ball is a sweet self-fertile early-season freestone yellow-flesh peach.

  • Cling-stone: Freestone
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
  • Flesh colour: Golden / Yellow
• Apple tree

  Pine Golden Pippin

  

  A classic English russet apple from the Victorian era, notable for its pineapple-like flavor.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 5
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Pink Pearl

  

  Pink Pearl features bright pink flesh, and pink apple blossom.

  • Picking season: Early
  • Pollination group: 1
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Pixie CrunchTM

  

  Pixie Crunch is a small modern disease-resistant apple with a crisp flesh and great flavor.

  • Picking season: Mid
  • Pollination group: 4
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Cider apple tree

  Porter's Perfection

  

  Porter's Perfection is a 19th century English cider variety producing a bittersharp juice.

  • Pollination group: 3
  • Uses: Hard cider
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Pear tree

  Potomac

  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Plum tree

  President

  A late-season English dual-purpose plum, notable for heavy crops of large plums.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Gardening skill: Beginner
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Pristine

  

  A very early disease-resistant golden-green apple with a tart flavor.

  • Picking season: Very early
  • Pollination group: 4
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Crab apple tree

  Puget Spice®

  An unusual crab-apple, related to two mainstream apples, and best considered a bittersharp cider apple.

  • Picking season: Mid
  • Pollination group: 3
• Pear tree

  Red Clapp's Favorite

  A natural sport of Clapp's Favorite pear, also known as Kalle. The pears are deep red color with a sweet flavor, ripening in late summer.

  • Pollination group: 4
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Redfield

  

  An unusual apple / crab-apple cross, with distinctive red-flesh.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Redfree

  

  A disease-resistant and cold-hardy summer apple with a sweet flavor, also known as Co-op 13.

  • Picking season: Early
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Peach trees

  Redhaven

  Redhaven is the definitive American peach - sweet, juicy, with a yellow flesh which comes away easily from the stone.

  • Cling-stone: Freestone
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
  • Flesh colour: Golden / Yellow
• Cherry trees

  Regina

  Regina is a popular and productive late-season sweet cherry.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Fruit color: Black
  • Fruit color: Red / Black
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
  • Universal pollinator: No
• Cider apple tree

  Reine des Pommes

  A traditional French bittersweet hard cider apple.

  • Pollination group: 2
  • Uses: Hard cider
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Reinette Clochard

  

  A traditional French sweet-flavored dual-purpose apple.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 4
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Rhode Island Greening

  

  Rhode Island Greening is a well-regarded American heirloom variety, particularly good for cooking.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Ribston Pippin

  

  A handsome English apple from the 18th century.

  • Awards: RHS AGM (current)
  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Crab apple tree

  Roberts Crab

  An unusual red-fleshed crab-apple which has large purple fruits. The juice is a claret red colour.

  • Picking season: Mid
  • Pollination group: 2
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Roxbury Russet

  

  Roxbury Russet is probably the oldest apple variety originating from North America.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 4
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Rubinette

  

  Considered by many to be the best-tasting apple ever, Rubinette has a perfect sweet / sharp flavour.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Saint Edmund's Russet

  

  Not as well known as other russets, St. Edmund's Russet is nevertheless one of the best.

  • Awards: RHS AGM (current)
  • Picking season: Mid
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Sansa

  

  A high quality early-season apple variety with a notably sweet flavor.

  • Picking season: Early
  • Pollination group: 4
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Plum tree

  Santa Rosa

  Santa Rosa is the definitive Japanese plum, with dark red skin and a sweet rich flavor.

  • Picking season: Mid
  • Gardening skill: Average
  • Pollination group: 1
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Scarlett O'HaraTM

  Scarlett O'Hara is a modern disease-resistant red eating apple,

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 4
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Pear tree

  Seckel

  

  The definitive American heirloom pear, found near Philadelphia in the 1760s. Fruits are small but have a rich sweet aromatic flavor.

  • Pollination group: 4
  • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
• Pear tree

  Shenandoah

  Shenandoah is a late-season Bartlett-style pear, with a rich sweet/sharp flavor.

  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Asian pear trees

  Shinko

  A classic Asian pear, with large golden brown russeted fruits which have a crisp sweet flesh.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Asian pear trees

  Shinseiki

  This popular early-season Asian pear variety produces crisp sweet-flavored pears, which can be kept for up to 3 months.

  • Picking season: Early
  • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
• Asian pear trees

  Shinsui

  A popular and productive early-season Asian pear with a glowing golden brown skin and a sweet flavor.

  • Picking season: Early
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Plum tree

  Shiro

  Shiro is a bright yellow Japanese-style plum, which is partially self-fertile and easy to grow.

  • Picking season: Early
  • Gardening skill: Average
  • Pollination group: 1
  • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Shizuka

  

  A large sweet-flavored crisp eating apple from Japan.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  SnowSweet®

  

  A rich sweet-flavored red apple which grows best in the northern states.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Cider apple tree

  Somerset Redstreak

  

  An English cider apple variety producing a very high-quality bittersweet juice.

  • Pollination group: 5
  • Uses: Hard cider
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Spartan

  

  Spartan produces lots of crimson maroon apples, crunchy, sweet, easy to grow, and a delicate "vinous" flavor.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Spigold

  

  A good-tasting cross between Northern Spy and Golden Delicious.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 4
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Spitzenburg

  

  Esopus Spitzenberg is one of the best-flavored American heirloom apples, and a favorite of Thomas Jefferson.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 4
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
  • Awards: Slow Food - Ark of Taste
• Cherry trees

  StardustTM

  Stardust is a new mid-season self-fertile blush cherry.

  • Picking season: Early
  • Fruit color: Orange / Red
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
  • Universal pollinator: Yes
• Cider apple tree

  Stembridge Cluster

  

  A traditional English bittersweet cider apple from the town of Stembridge in Somerset.

  • Pollination group: 2
  • Uses: Hard cider
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Cider apple tree

  Stoke Red

  

  A traditional English cider apple producing a bittersharp juice.

  • Pollination group: 6
  • Uses: Hard cider
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  SunCrispTM

  A high-quality late-season eating apple with plenty of interesting flavor.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  SundanceTM

  A high-quality late-season eating apple, with excellent flavor and disease-resistant qualities.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 4
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Suntan

  

  An attractive English late-season dessert apple with excellent sweet-sharp aromatic flavors.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 5
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
  • Awards: RHS AGM (former)
• Cherry trees

  Surefire

  Surefire is a late-bloom and late-ripening tart cherry.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Fruit color: Red
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
• Cider apple tree

  Sweet Coppin

  

  A traditional English cider variety, producing a sweet juice.

  • Pollination group: 3
  • Uses: Hard cider
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Sweet Sixteen

  

  Sweet 16 is a sweet-flavored apple, with good cold hardiness.

  • Picking season: Mid
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Cherry trees

  Sweetheart

  Sweetheart is a self-fertile sweet cherry, which ripens late in the season.

  • Awards: RHS AGM (current)
  • Picking season: Late
  • Fruit color: Red
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
  • Universal pollinator: Yes
• Plum tree

  Toka

  Toka is a cold-hardy Japanese-style plum, also known as Bubblegum on account of its sweet fruity flavor.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Gardening skill: Average
  • Pollination group: 2
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Crab apple tree

  Transcendent Crab

  A large-fruited crab apple, cold-hard, and makes excellent crab-apple jam.

  • Picking season: Mid
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Tydeman's Late Orange

  

  An excellent late-season Cox-style aromatic apple.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 4
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Plum tree

  Vanier

  Vanier is a popular sweet red Japanese plum which can be harvested over a long period.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Gardening skill: Average
  • Pollination group: 1
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Plum tree

  Victoria

  Victoria is a self-fertile English plum - attractive fruit, good for eating, and outstanding flavor for cooking.

  • Awards: RHS AGM (current)
  • Picking season: Mid
  • Gardening skill: Beginner
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
• Plum tree

  Victory

  

  A very late ripening prune-style plum, and one of the largest-fruited of all plums.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Gardening skill: Average
  • Pollination group: 4
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Cider apple tree

  Vilberie

  

  A traditional French bittersweet cider variety.

  • Pollination group: 6
  • Uses: Hard cider
  • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
• Cherry trees

  WhiteGold®

  A white-fleshed sweet cherry, self-fertile, and ripening in the mid-season, and productive - an ideal cherry tree for the backyard orchard.

  • Picking season: Mid
  • Fruit color: Yellow / Red
  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
  • Universal pollinator: Yes
• Crab apple tree

  Wickson Crab

  

  Wickson crab is a popular crab apple variety which is also useful in cider blends.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 2
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Williams' Pride

  

  An early summer apple, with excellent disease-resistance and a pleasant tart flavor.

  • Picking season: Very early
  • Pollination group: 2
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  WinecrispTM

  Winecrisp is a modern disease-resistant apple with a spicy flavor. Also known as Co-op 31.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Winesap

  

  Winesap is a popular southern heirloom apple, widely grown in Virginia in the 19th century.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Perry pear tree

  Winnals Longdon

  A traditional English perry pear variety, which produces a low tannin perry.

  • Gardening skill: Average
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Uses: Juice
  • Uses: Hard cider
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Winter Banana

  

  A good quality American apple variety named for its faint banana-like flavor.

  • Picking season: Very late
  • Pollination group: 4
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Wolf River

  

  Wolf River is the perfect cooking apple for the north - reliable, cold-hardy, disease resistant.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Cider apple tree

  Yarlington Mill

  

  Yarlington Mill is a traditional English cider apple variety producing a bittersweet juice.

  • Pollination group: 5
  • Uses: Hard cider
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Perry pear tree

  Yellow Huffcap

  

  A popular English perry pear which produces a good quality low-tannin / medium-acid perry.

  • Gardening skill: Average
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Uses: Hard cider
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Yellow Transparent

  

  A traditional very early-season dual-purpose apple, which is also very winter-hardy.

  • Picking season: Very early
  • Pollination group: 2
  • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
• Asian pear trees

  YoinashiTM

  Yoinashi is a mid-season Asian pear, with large golden brown russeted fruits.

  • Picking season: Mid
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Zabergau Reinette

  

  Zabergau Reinette is a well-regarded russet apple from Germany with a strong well-balanced flavor.

  • Picking season: Late
  • Pollination group: 3
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Apple tree

  Zestar!

  

  A crisp attractive early-season apple which stores well.

  • Picking season: Early
  • Pollination group: 1
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile