Apple Day

Did you know it’s Apple Day on October 21st? It has been celebrated on this day every year since it was initiated by Common Ground in 1990.

October is also a great time to plant fruit trees so why not mark Apple Day by beginning a new venture to grow your own tasty apples?

To commemorate the occasion, our Plant Manager, Andrew Pitman, has selected some of his favourite varieties to share with you…

Cox’s Orange Pippin Self Fertile

This popular eating apple has heavy crops year after year. It has excellent flavour and should be picked early in October.

Red Falstaff

Red Falstaff has a fruity, well-balanced flavour and is crisp and juicy. It is also frost resistant and self fertile. Pick this variety in early October.

Discovery

This sweet and crisp apple has a good flavour and early ripening. With pretty red skin and white flesh, these apples should be picked mid-August.

Christmas Pippin

This is an exceptionally high quality eating apple. Christmas Pippin flowers and crops heavily and the apples keep well until Christmas.

Red Windsor ®

A superb Cox-type flavour and very heavy crops. Pick and eat straight from the tree in mid-September.

Pictures courtesy of Frank Matthews suppliers.