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Best apple varieties for juicing
These are the best apple varieties for producing freshly-pressed apple juice, a tangy-sweet delight.
31 varieties
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Categories
Apples
31
Cooking apples
14
Eating apples
23
Red-flesh apples
4
Cider apples
1
Cornelian cherries
7
Stock availability
All
31
Available to pre-order
19
Not in stock
4
Graft to order
8
Rootstocks
M9
24
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M116
10
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MM111
22
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Bittenfelder
20
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Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
9
Average
18
Experienced
2
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
2
Partially self-fertile
5
Not self-fertile
23
Flowering group
?
1
1
2
6
3
15
4
6
5
1
6
2
Pollinating others
?
Good
3
Average
16
Poor
10
Ploidy
?
Diploid
21
Triploid
9
Fruit bearing
?
Spur-bearer
21
Partial tip-bearer
6
Tip-bearer
1
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
28
Mild damp climates
11
Warm climates
9
Using
Picking period
early June
mid-June
late June
early July
mid-July
late July
early August
mid-August
2
late August
1
early September
3
mid-September
5
late September
4
early October
10
mid-October
7
late October
1
early November
1
mid-November
2
late November
Picking season
?
Very early
Early
3
Mid
6
Late
20
Very late
2
Season of use
?
1-3 days
1 week
2
2-3 weeks
6
1-2 months
13
3 months or more
9
Cropping
?
Heavy
12
Good
15
Light
4
Food uses
Eating fresh
51
Culinary
31
Traditional cooker
10
Dual purpose
13
Juice
31
Hard cider
10
Drying
Problems
Disease resistance
?
Good
11
Average
9
Poor
6
Scab
?
Very resistant
6
Some resistance
7
Some susceptibility
10
Very susceptible
2
Canker
Very resistant
1
Some resistance
2
Some susceptibility
9
Very susceptible
1
Mildew
?
Very resistant
2
Some resistance
7
Some susceptibility
6
Very susceptible
Bacterial canker
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Silverleaf
Very resistant
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Fruit splitting
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Fire blight
Some resistance
3
Some susceptibility
7
Very susceptible
1
Identification
Country of origin
Australia
1
Belgium
1
Canada
1
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
8
Germany
Japan
1
Netherlands
1
New Zealand
2
Poland
Russia
Switzerland
1
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
10
United States
5
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
2
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1
1750 - 1799
1
1800 - 1849
5
1850 - 1899
3
1900 - 1949
8
1950 - 1999
5
2000
Flowering month
February
March
April
1
Flesh colour
White
4
Cream
3
Golden / Yellow
Orange
Pink / Red
4
Dark red
Light green
1
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
Brown
1
Crimson
1
Gold
Green
1
Green - light
2
Green / Red
1
Green / Yellow
3
Orange
Orange / Red
4
Orange flush
8
Pink
1
Purple
1
Purple - light
Red
2
Red - dark
1
Red / Black
Red / Green
2
Red striped
Russet
3
Yellow
1
Yellow / Orange
1
Yellow / Red
Fruit size
Small
3
Average
5
Large
5
Very large
1
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Varieties list
Apple trees
Ananas Reinette
Ananas Reinette has small pretty yellow apples with a distinctive pineapple flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Ascahire
A large reliable cooking apple from northern France which is particularly good for juicing.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Ashmead's Kernel
Ashmead's Kernel is a traditional English eating apple with a distinctive pear-like flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Baguette d'Hiver
A traditional late season red dessert apple from northern France.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 6
Apple trees
Belle Fleur Rouge
A sport or seedling of Belle Fleur de France, with a darker red skin coloration.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Berner Rosen
Berner Rosen is an attractive dessert apple from Switzerland.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Bramley's Seedling
Bramley is the essential English cooking apple, famous for its rich sharp acidity.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Court Pendu Rouge
Court Pendu Rouge is a very old French dessert apple with an aromatic pear-drop flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 6
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Cox's Orange Pippin
Cox is widely acknowledged as having the best flavour of any apple variety.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Cripps Pink
Cripps Pink is is a well-known modern apple variety, well-suited to the warmer apple-growing regions.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Discovery
Discovery is a popular early-season English apple variety, with a juicy sharp flavour.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Flanders Reinette
An ancient dual-purpose apple variety, found across southern Belgium and northern France.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Gala
Gala is a popular commercial apple variety, with a sweet flavour and crisp flesh.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
Golden Pippin
One of the oldest English apples, used for cooking and eating, with a fruity lemon-like flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Hidden Rose
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Hidden Rose is named for the unexpected rose pink flesh hidden under the plain green skin.
Picking season: Very late
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Idared
Idared is a late-season American apple variety, notable for its excellent keeping qualities.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Jacques Lebel
A high quality French cooking apple with a crisp juicy acidic flesh.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Jonagold
Jonagold is a high quality American apple, with a good balanced sweet/sharp flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Kidd's Orange Red
Kidd's Orange Red is one of the best Cox-style apples, aromatic, sweet, and easy to grow.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Mutsu
Mutsu is a high quality dual-purpose apple from Japan, with a good flavour for eating fresh, and also sharp enough for cooking.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Newtown Pippin
First discovered in the 18th century, Newtown Pippin is a versatile American apple with a good aromatic flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Peasgood's Nonsuch
Peasgood Nonsuch is a highly-regarded old-fashioned English cooking apple.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
Pink Pearl
Pink Pearl features bright pink flesh, and pink apple blossom.
Picking season: Early
Flowering group: 1
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Red Devil
Red Devil is a versatile English eating apple, and produces a sweet red-tinted juice.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Reine de Reinettes
A traditional French dual-purpose apple, which was also known in the Victorian England as King of the Pippins.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 4
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
Reinette des Capucins
Reinette des Capucins is an ancient French country apple variety, ideal for traditional French cookery and for eating fresh.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Apple trees
Roberts Crab
Roberts Red or Roberts Crab is an unusual red-fleshed crab-apple, with dark pink blossom, and purple fruits.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apple trees
Saint Edmund's Russet
Saint Edmund's Russet is considered one of the best English russet apples.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
Spartan
Spartan is a McIntosh style apple, easy to grow, crunchy, with a sweet delicate wine-like flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Apple trees
Suntan
Suntan is a high-quality late-season dessert apple, with an excellent aromatic flavour.
Picking season: Late
Flowering group: 5
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cider apple trees
Wickson Crab
Wickson crab is a popular American hard-cider variety.
Flowering group: 2
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
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