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Pollination of
Roberts Crab
crab apple trees
Roberts Crab
(
Malus
) is in
flowering group 2
. Roberts Crab is
self-fertile
and does not need a pollination partner, but fruiting may be improved if there is a compatible partner of a different variety nearby.
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Varieties that will pollinate
Roberts Crab
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Alkmene
in stock
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Alkmene is a mid-season apple from Germany, related to to Cox but with a more robust flavour.
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertile
Picking: Mid
Available rootstocks:
M9
Amere de Berthencourt
in stock
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Amere de Berthencourt is a traditional French bittersweet cider apple.
Flowering group: 2
Not self-fertile
Picking:
Available rootstocks:
M116
MM111
Bittenfelder
Amere Nouvelle
in stock
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Amere Nouvelle is a traditional French bittersweet cider apple.
Flowering group: 3
Not self-fertile
Picking: Very late
Available rootstocks:
M116
MM111
Bittenfelder
Ananas Reinette
in stock
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Ananas Reinette has small pretty yellow apples with a distinctive pineapple flavour.
Flowering group: 3
Not self-fertile
Picking: Late
Available rootstocks:
Bittenfelder
Antonovka 1.5 pound
in stock
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Known by many different names, this is a sport variation of Antonovka, noted for its very large apples.
Flowering group: 3
Not self-fertile
Picking: Early
Available rootstocks:
Bittenfelder
Ascahire
in stock
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A large reliable cooking apple from northern France which is particularly good for juicing.
Flowering group: 3
Not self-fertile
Picking: Late
Available rootstocks:
M9
M116
MM111
Bardsey
in stock
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Bardsey is a hardy disease-resistant apple, discovered growing on an island off the west coast of Wales.
Flowering group: 2
Not self-fertile
Picking: Mid
Available rootstocks:
M9
Berner Rosen
in stock
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Berner Rosen is an attractive dessert apple from Switzerland.
Flowering group: 3
Not self-fertile
Picking: Early
Available rootstocks:
M9
G.11
M116
MM111
Bittenfelder
Colapuy
in stock
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A traditional late-season dessert apple from France with a good sweet / sharp balance.
Flowering group: 3
Not self-fertile
Picking: Very late
Available rootstocks:
M9
MM111
Cox's Orange Pippin
in stock
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Cox is widely acknowledged as having the best flavour of any apple variety.
Flowering group: 3
Not self-fertile
Picking: Mid
Available rootstocks:
M9
M116
MM111
Bittenfelder
Cripps Pink
in stock
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Cripps Pink is is a well-known modern apple variety, well-suited to the warmer apple-growing regions.
Flowering group: 3
Not self-fertile
Picking: Very late
Available rootstocks:
M9
M116
MM111
Bittenfelder
Discovery
in stock
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Discovery is a popular early-season English apple variety, with a juicy sharp flavour.
Flowering group: 3
Not self-fertile
Picking: Early
Available rootstocks:
M9
M116
MM111
Domaine
in stock
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French cider variety, very resistant to fireblight infection.
Flowering group: 2
Not self-fertile
Picking: Mid
Available rootstocks:
G.969
M116
MM111
Bittenfelder
M25
Du Verger
in stock
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Du Verger is an old French bittersweet cider apple variety.
Flowering group: 3
Not self-fertile
Picking: Very late
Available rootstocks:
M116
MM111
Bittenfelder
Egremont Russet
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Egremont Russet is the most popular English russet variety, and a good apple tree for the garden.
Flowering group: 2
Partially self-fertile
Picking: Late
Evereste
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Malus Evereste is a popular traditional crab-apple with masses of white blossom, then red-yellow fruits.
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertile
Picking: Late
Fuji
in stock
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Fuji is one of the most apple varieties in the world, renowned for its clean sweet flavour.
Flowering group: 3
Not self-fertile
Picking: Very late
Available rootstocks:
M9
M116
MM111
Bittenfelder
Golden Pippin
in stock
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One of the oldest English apples, used for cooking and eating, with a fruity lemon-like flavour.
Flowering group: 3
Not self-fertile
Picking: Late
Available rootstocks:
M9
M116
Bittenfelder
Granny Smith
in stock
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Granny Smith is the world-famous green apple from Australia, a good choice for warmer apple-growing regions.
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertile
Picking: Very late
Available rootstocks:
M9
M116
MM111
Bittenfelder
Gueule de Mouton
in stock
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Gueule de Mouton is a fabulous apple that is good for eating fresh or juicing.
Flowering group: 3
Not self-fertile
Picking: Late
Available rootstocks:
M9
M116
MM111
Bittenfelder
Idared
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Idared is a late-season American apple variety, notable for its excellent keeping qualities.
Flowering group: 2
Not self-fertile
Picking: Late
Jonathan
in stock
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Jonathan is one of the best-flavoured American apple varieties, and a good choice for the home orchard.
Flowering group: 3
Partially self-fertile
Picking: Late
Available rootstocks:
M116
Bittenfelder
Kidd's Orange Red
in stock
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Kidd's Orange Red is one of the best Cox-style apples, aromatic, sweet, and easy to grow.
Flowering group: 3
Not self-fertile
Picking: Late
Available rootstocks:
M9
M116
MM111
Bittenfelder
Marseigna
in stock
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Marseigna is a traditional French cider variety, producing a high quality bitter sweet juice.
Flowering group: 2
Not self-fertile
Picking: Very late
Available rootstocks:
M116
MM111
Bittenfelder
Melrose
in stock
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Melrose is a Jonathan-style apple, with a sweet flavour and good storage life.
Flowering group: 3
Not self-fertile
Picking: Late
Available rootstocks:
M9
MM111
Monty's Surprise
in stock
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A recent New Zealand apple variety which is noted for very high levels of anti-oxidant compounds.
Flowering group: 3
Not self-fertile
Picking: Late
Available rootstocks:
M9
M116
MM111
Bittenfelder
Muscadet de Dieppe
in stock
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A very old French bittersweet cider variety.
Flowering group: 2
Not self-fertile
Picking: Mid
Available rootstocks:
M116
MM111
Bittenfelder
Nehou
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An old French bittersweet cider variety.
Flowering group: 2
Not self-fertile
Picking: Mid
Newtown Pippin
in stock
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First discovered in the 18th century, Newtown Pippin is a versatile American apple with a good aromatic flavour.
Flowering group: 3
Not self-fertile
Picking: Late
Available rootstocks:
M9
MM111
Bittenfelder
Peasgood's Nonsuch
in stock
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Peasgood Nonsuch is a highly-regarded old-fashioned English cooking apple.
Flowering group: 3
Partially self-fertile
Picking: Mid
Available rootstocks:
M9
M116
Precoce de Wirwignes
in stock
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A traditional and heavy-cropping early-season apple variety from Belgium.
Flowering group: 2
Not self-fertile
Picking: Early
Available rootstocks:
M9
M116
MM111
Red Devil
in stock
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Red Devil is a versatile English eating apple, and produces a sweet red-tinted juice.
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertile
Picking: Mid
Available rootstocks:
M9
M116
MM111
Red Windsor
in stock
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Red Windsor is one of the easiest to grow of all dessert apple trees, and with a pleasant apple flavour.
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertile
Picking: Mid
Available rootstocks:
M9
M116
MM111
Reinette Abry
in stock
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A traditional dual-purpose yellow/green apple from northern France.
Flowering group: 3
Not self-fertile
Picking: Late
Available rootstocks:
MM111
Saint Edmund's Russet
in stock
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Saint Edmund's Russet is considered one of the best English russet apples.
Flowering group: 3
Partially self-fertile
Picking: Mid
Available rootstocks:
M9
M116
MM111
Bittenfelder
Saint Martin
in stock
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Saint Martin is a traditional French bittersweet cider apple.
Flowering group: 3
Not self-fertile
Picking:
Available rootstocks:
M116
MM111
Bittenfelder
Spartan
in stock
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Spartan is a McIntosh style apple, easy to grow, crunchy, with a sweet delicate wine-like flavour.
Flowering group: 3
Partially self-fertile
Picking: Late
Available rootstocks:
M9
M116
Stark's Earliest
in stock
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As the name suggests, Stark's Earliest will probably give you the first fresh apples of the year.
Flowering group:
Not self-fertile
Picking: Very early
Available rootstocks:
M116
Sturmer Pippin
in stock
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A sharp-tasting late-season Victorian apple which keeps very well.
Flowering group: 3
Partially self-fertile
Picking: Late
Available rootstocks:
M9
M116
Three Counties
in stock
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Three Counties is an early-ripening bittersweet cider apple.
Flowering group: 2
Not self-fertile
Picking: Mid
Available rootstocks:
M116
MM111
Bittenfelder
Wickson Crab
in stock
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Wickson crab is a popular American hard-cider variety.
Flowering group: 2
Not self-fertile
Picking: Late
Available rootstocks:
M116
Bittenfelder
M25
Wolf River
in stock
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Wolf River is the perfect cooking apple - reliable, cold-hardy, disease resistant.
Flowering group: 3
Not self-fertile
Picking: Late
Available rootstocks:
M9
