Apple Varieties of Cumbria
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Apples suitable for the North fall into several groups. They are:
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Those grown in northern market gardens
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Those Victorian favourites that were usually grown in Northern walled gardens
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The cultivars that originated in Scotland
| Variety Name |
Cooker/ Eater/Dual purpose/ Cider |
Season | Available from SLOG | Comment |
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Carlisle Codlin
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Cooker | Mid | Yes | Cumberland. 1830. A mid season apple which goes yellow in colour, and is greasy. A lovely flavour which cooks down well. Keeps till Christmas. |
| Churn Lid | Cooker | No | A local. flat, cooking apple | |
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Duke of Devonshire*
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Dessert | Late | Yes | Holker Hall. 1835. A very late dessert apple with a lovely flavour that must be stored to enjoy its flavour. Can keep to February |
| Greenup's Pippin * | Cooker | No | Keswick area. Late 1700s. A bright red and yellow autumn cooker. | |
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John Huggett
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Dual purpose | Early | No | Grange-over-Sands. 1940. An Allington Pippin cross by the eponymous John Huggett. It has large fruit, with lots of flavour which becomes sweet later on. It cooks to a pale cream puree. |
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Keswick Codlin
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Cooker | Early | Yes | 1793. One of the earliest apples which goes yellow in colour. A lovely flavour which cooks down well. Does not keep. |
| Autumn Harvest | Dual purpose | Mid | No | Westmorland. 1934. A green autumn apple, once found in every orchard. |
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Forty Shilling
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Dual purpose | Mid | No | Carlisle area. 1800. |
| Lancashire Pippin * | Cooker | Mid | No | Westmorland. 1950 |
| Longstart | Dual purpose | Mid | No | Westmorland. 1851. Formerly a very popular apple which does not appear to be very hardy or long lived. |
| Nelsons Favourite | Cooker | Mid | No | Kendal area. 1958. |
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Rank Thorn
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Dual purpose | Mid | No | Westmorland. 1951. Handed in to Brogdale in 1951 (trees dating back 100 years are still found in local orchards). The local Rankthorn Farm may explain why such a beautiful apple has been given such a plain name. |
| Royal | No | A flat, striped apple from Whitebeck orchard, in the Lythe Valley. | ||
| Burr Knot | Cooker | Mid | No | 1818. Locally called Keswick Codlin by the old Cumbrians. |
| Fallbarrow Favourite | Cooker | Early | No | Local variety |
| Taylor's Favourite | Cooker | Mid | Yes | Originates from Whitebeck farm in the Lyth Valley. |
| Wheaten Loaves | Cooker | Early | No | Originates from Whitebeck farm in the Lyth Valley. |
| Holmes Catshead | Cooker | Mid | No | Originates from Whitebeck farm in the Lyth Valley. |
| Bradley's Beauty* | Cooker/Dual | Mid | Yes | New dual-purpose apple (very strong-growing and disease-resistant). Found on the Witherslack mosses. |
* Indicates that the variety is known to have good disease resistance, or survives in difficult locations.
Amongst older apple varieties, those that are most scab resistant tend to have dark green thick leaves with a hairy underside.Further information on varieties, is available from The New book of Apples by Joan Morgan and Alison Richards, or The Book of English apples by Rosanne Sanders or www.webvalley.co.uk/brogdale
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Last updated: 15-Aug-2011