Apple Varieties Suitable for Cumbria and the North West
| Variety Name | Cooker/ Eater/Dual purpose/ Cider |
Season | Available from SLOG | Comment |
Carlisle Codlin
|
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 | |
Duke
of Devonshire |
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. | |
John
Huggett |
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. |
Keswick
Codlin |
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. |
Forty
Shilling |
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. |
Rank Thorn
|
Dual purpose | Mid | No | Westmorland. 1951. Handed into 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. |
Other Varieties too
| Variety Name | Cooker/ Eater/Dual purpose/ Cider |
Season | Available from SLOG | Comment |
Early Victoria
|
Dual purpose | Mid | No | (Emneth Early) Replaced Keswick Codlin. From 1899. |
Bramley |
Cooker | Late | No | A well-known, strong-growing triploid apple. |
Charles Ross |
Dual purpose | Mid | No | A commercially available, red-striped oval apple. |
Newton Wonder
|
Cooker | Late | No | Very good keeper. Commercially available. |
Warner's King |
Cooker | Mid | No | A large green popular Victorian cooker. Lasts from October to December. Prone to canker. Late 1700s. |
Golden Noble |
Cooker | mid | No | A round, flat, yellow apple. |
Bleinheim Orange |
Dual | late | No | A slightly russetted apple. Has stood the test of time. |
Beauty of Bath |
Dessert | early | No | Popular small red market garden variety. From 1864 |
Annie Elizabeth |
Cooker | late | No | Good keeper found in old orchards. From 1857 |
Lord Derby |
Cooker | No | A good, easily available autumn and winter cooker. | |
Lanes Prince Albert |
Cooker | late | No | Another good cooking apple. Green with some red stripes. |
