Dartmouth

A small crab apple. Bright red and not very acid.

Duke of Devonshire

A lovely late green russet apple. Very aromatic. Best in February.

Egremont Russet

Egremont Russet is a fine dessert apple, best eaten in December.

Fiesta

A cross between Cox's Orange Pippin and Ida Red. It retains much of the Cox flavour and is easier to grow in cool damp climates. It keeps very well - often until May.

Golden Spire

A small-growing tree which bears cooking apples with a 'cidery' taste. It can be used in cider and is also known as 'Tom Matthews cider apple'.

Keswick Codlin

A prolific tree which grows well in Cumbria, it was discovered on a rubbish heap in Ulverston. Our medium-sized tree often bears over 100kg of fruit. It does not keep well, but is good in cooking and makes a fine sharp juice.

Lord Derby

An excellent cooking apple which does not fall too quickly. They will keep until well into the new year.

Lord Lambourne

A really flavoursome second early eating apple which also makes a fine juice. Eat in October-November.

Monarch

A good-looking red cooking apple which also makes a nice juice. Use by January.

Ribston Pippin

From Yorkshire (but probably France originally), this is the mother of Cox's Orange Pippin. It doesn't taste quite as good as Cox, but has a fine 'appley' flavour and is high in Vitamin C, with a long seaon of use (October - March).

Tom Putt

One of the prettiest trees in the orchard, with a consistent crop of red/green apples which can be eaten, cooked or used in juice or cider. Probably the most versatile tree in the orchard!

Tremlett's Bitter

Tremlett's Bitter is a classic bittersweet cider apple with a good level of (slightly hard) tannins. It is best blended with other varieties to add structure and depth to them. It is a robust tree but rapidly becomes strongly biennial.

Ashmead's Kernel

A delicious apple for almost any use. Originating from Gloucestershire, it is beautiful as a dessert apple in February/March with a lovely aroma, it is also very good in cider and juice.

Dabinett

One of the most reliable cider apples, Dabinett produces a good crop, most years, of high quality bittersweet apples which can be used to make a single-variety cider, with the addition of a few sharp apples to provide the right acidity.

D'Arcy Spice

D'Arcy Spice, as the name implies can have a lovely spicy aroma, although it usually requires a good summer to achieve this. It is a good keeping dessert apple for use in early spring.

Newton Wonder

A beautiful cooking apple, much lower in acidity than Bramley's Seedling, but with almost as long a season of use. It falls rapidly in cooking and needs little sugar. It can be eaten as a dessert apple after Christmas and makes a good juice.

Pitmaston Pine Apple

A rather unpreposessing apple, its small form packs a lovely flavour, reminiscent of pineapple. Well worth growing for its flavour, although a bit of a pain to pick and best eaten before Christmas.

Rosemary Russet

Rosemary Russett is one of the sweetest, tastiest dessert apples in the orchard. It is best not eaten until at least January and will keep until April or May. If you have an excess, it makes a good addition to cider as it has plenty of sugar and not too much acid.

Winston

A cross between Cox's Orange Pippin and Worcester Permain, Winston was originally called Winter King owing to its good keeping qualities. It has a fine flavour, in the late season, reminiscent of its Cox parent, but is easier to grow. The only problem is that it has a somewhat upright habit and the apples can be rather small.

Here is just a selection of apple trees in the orchard