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Apples in our orchards (photos are added when the trees start to carry fruit)
We bought most of our fruit trees from Bob Magnus www.woodbridgefruittrees.com.au . Bob grafts his trees on dwarf root stock. They will grow to about two metres high which makes them ideal for our orchards as we train many of them on espaliers and plan to cover the large orchard in bird netting.

Variety

Characteristics

Ripe

Alexander    
Andre Sauvage An apple of unknown origin with French character. Size is on the large side. Sweet, aromatic taste. High quality. April/May
Beauty of Bath An old apple originating in the west of England. Medium size fruit, yellowish-green skin, striped with crimson in the sun.  Flavour is spicy and aromatic. January/February
Belle de Boskop Dutch origin, around 1850. Skin is brownish red. Flesh is creamy coloured with aromatic flavour. Famous European cooking apple. May/June
Berner Rose Has origin near Bern, Switzerland, 1880. Large red apple with juicy acid/sweet pale yellow flesh. Stores well. Switzerland's national apple. March/April
Blenheim Orange    
Bonza
A seedling of Jonathon, originated in Batlow, NSW around 1920. Highly flavoured crisp and crunchy flesh, conical, large apple that can stay on tree in very good condition for over a month. One of the favourite Australian apples. March/April
Braeburn New Zealand origin, high flavour and quality. Long and blocky fruit with red stripes on yellow. Juicy, crisp flesh.Excellent eating apple but also a good cooker. Stores well. May/June
Bramley's Seedling
Most popular English cooking apple, firm white meaty flesh. Brownish red skin, large size, irregular shape, can be lumpy and squat. 
March/April
Calville Blanc D'Hiver Dating back to possibly 1600. Yellowish skin, rich aromatic flavour cooked or fresh. Also good cider apple. May/June
Campbelltown Russet    
Catshead    
Cornish Aromatic    
Court of Wick    
Court Plendu Plat    
Cox Orange Pippin An old heritage apple. Medium sized fruit. Yello to brownish-red skin with dull orange-red stripes. Famous rich aromatic nutty flavour. Stores very well. March/April

Crab Apple Gorgeous


white spring blossoms, small red fruit
May/June

Crab Apple John Dowie


small orange fruit
April/May
Crab Apple Huonville Crab Discovered by Bob Magnus in Huonville, Tasmania. Large, deep purple crabs with deep red flesh. April/May
Crab Apple Tribolata very beautiful maple-like leaves that turn golden-brown in autumn. White flowers, yellow fruit June/July
Egremont Russet Dry rich flesh. Keeps well. March/April
Esopus Spitzenberg    
Fenouillet Gris    
Freyberg    
Geeveston Fanny A local variety from Geeveston, Tasmania. Small, dark purplish red apple. Good quality. March/April
Golden Harvey    
Grand Duke Constantine    
Granny Smith Well known large, green apple with white crisp, juicy and acidy flesh. Originating from Ryde near Sydney around 1860. June/July
Gravenstein An old heritage apple. Excellent cooked or fresh. Grown all over the world.Creamy coloured flesh, sharply acid, lessening as apple ripens. February/March
Grime's Golden     
Ida Red Originates from a breeding programme in the USA. Large, red and very late apple. May/June

Irish Peach


Originates from Ireland around 1820. Small size, stripy orange skin. Sweet and aromatic.
January/February
James Grieve Originates in Scotland around 1890.Pale green to yellow. Soft and juicy with a good sweet/acid balance  February/March
Jonagold
Crossed in America from Golden Delicious and Jonathan. Yellowish skin with red stripes and flecks. Creamy white flesh. Large, keeps well.
April/May
Kidd's Orange Red    
Lady Williams
Australian apple. Cross between Golden Delicious and Granny Smith. Brilliant red purple skin, longish conical shaped fruit, large. firm and crisp creamy white flesh. 
June/July
Laxton's Fortune    
McIntosh Originated around 1800 in Canada. Bright red apple with scented white flesh.  March/April
Opalescent    
Pine Golden Pippin Small russet apple. Crisp greenish flesh, rich flavour like pineapple, solid meaty texture. March/April
Prinzenapfel A European apple with a longish shape, orange/red, dense aromatic flesh. Keeps well. May/June
Red Cleopatra    
Red Delicious A very pretty elongated apple with five distinct crowns at base. Reddish stripes in sun. very sweet yellowish flesh. Woody taste until fully ripe April/May
Reinette d'Angleterre    
Reinette d'Oree Old European apple, russeted skin, dense aromatic flesh. May /June
Ribston Pippin A famous historic apple. English origin, dense acid yellow aromatic flesh, russety orange skin with dusky stripes. February/March
Rome Beauty Originates from Rome in upstate New York. A large, brilliant red apple that is a heavy cropper and does not bruise easy. Becomes very sweet. Also good cooing apple. June/July
St Edmund's Pippin    
St Lawrence A very visually attractive apple. Pink and red stripes over a pale green background. Has a mild sweet flavour with acid tang. February/March
Stayman's Winesap    
Sturmer Orange and yellow russeted skin with dense yellow flesh. Medium size.Good all round apple for eating fresh, cooked and making cider. May/June
Sugarloaf Pippin    
Summer Strawberry    
Sweetman    
Tuft's Baldwin    
Twenty Ouncer Originated in eastern USA around 1840. A very large variety of apple. Greenish skin, striped, coarse but tender yellowish flesh February/March
Tydeman's Early Worcester The progeny of a very famous English apple, the Worcester Pearman. Conical, bright purplish red with aromatic, sweet and very rich flavour February/March
Upton Pyne Originated in Devon, UK, around 1910. Pink and red striped skin over yellow background. Firm white flesh, very juicy and sweet. April/May

Wellington


A very acid cooking apple. Greenish yellow skin, flattish shape.
May/June
Vista Bela    
White Transparent Originated in Russia and spread through Europe in the 1800's. Whitish yellow skin. Unique acid/sweet balance and often glassy flesh. Best eaten from tree. January/February

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