I am with you Hostafan SPARTAN. Called our tree a Sleeping Beauty Apple. because of the colour, red and green, lovely shine, crisp, juicy, not overly sweet, like you Hostafan just a Wow Apple. Since we had to leave the tree when we moved, we went straight out to buy and plant one in the new garden.
Ashmead's kernal and Herefordshire russet is you can get them on dwarf rootstock then there's not much out there to beat the regular cropping, flavour and keeping qualities.
Without a doubt,I would highly recommend George Cave. An August apple, very juicy, quite delicious. Only fault, they tend to fall if not picked. Heavy cropper too.
I am considering either Christmas Pippin or Herefordshire Russet. I love the Cox flavour so these two may suit my palate better. I am thinking that HR may be better as it may be better suited to the local climate i.e. wetter and it is partially self fertile as opposed to CP which is self sterile and will need a pollinator. However I find the skin on Russets not as pleasant as other apples so maybe the CP is a better choice.
Hello, i have been growing apples a short while (5 years) i would go for James Grieves or Discovery, I grow both and can't fault them. I live in the north east of Scotland our summers are a bit on the shabby side. However both trees have never disappointed me. I also grow Red Falstaff unfortunately i haven't had much joy with this tree. I may remove it from my garden in the winter. So many factors come into play it really is a hard question to answer
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
i have been growing apples a short while (5 years) i would go for James Grieves or Discovery, I grow both and can't fault them. I live in the north east of Scotland our summers are a bit on the shabby side. However both trees have never disappointed me.
I also grow Red Falstaff unfortunately i haven't had much joy with this tree. I may remove it from my garden in the winter. So many factors come into play it really is a hard question to answer