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This is for apple cultivars that have originated in Great Britain or the United Kingdom, either if they are old natural cultivars or modern bred, which were developed in England or Britain. Pages in category "British apples"
British Columbia, Canada 1980s ... Very old apple; possibly one of the oldest of all. ... One of the oldest apple varieties in the world. Cooking, eating, cider.
Along with many other old varieties of apple, the Foxwhelp is now rare. Some sources state that many apples identified as Foxwhelp today are not, in fact, the original variety, which came to be known as "Old Foxwhelp" to distinguish it from later sports (such as Improved Foxwhelp, developed by H. P. Bulmer ), which were selected from the ...
The costard apple remained one of the best known and most famous of British apple varieties for several hundred years. [7] The costard and pearmain varieties were the only ones popularly grown in Britain until the 17th century. [8] The costard is said to have long fallen out of favour by the 20th century. [9]
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[3] [4] [5] In 1998, experts on the varieties of British apples at the National Fruit Collection in Brogdale stated that they believed this tree was the only example of a previously unrecorded cultivar, the Bardsey Apple (Welsh: Afal Enlli). The cultivar has since been propagated by grafting and is available commercially. [6]
Choose the perfect apple for snacks, sauces, pies and more. ... There are more than 7,000 varieties of apples grown in the world, and 2,500 types are grown in the United States.
James Grieve apples on tree. James Grieve is an old variety of apple.It gets its name from its breeder, James Grieve, who raised the apple from pollination of a Pott's Seedling or a Cox's Orange Pippin apple (most likely both [1]) in Edinburgh, Scotland some time before 1893.