Apple species at the orchard
Below is a list of the apple trees at the Millennium Orchard. We will be posting photographs as and when we take them.
Allington Pippin - Dessert apple
Originally called the South Lincoln Pippin and also known as Brown’s South Lincoln Beauty, this apple variety dates to before 1884. The apple is aromatic and juicy.
Arthur Turner - Culinary apple
Dating back to 1912, this apple variety has an unknown origin.
Balsam - Dessert & culinary apple
A Yorkshire variety, also known as Green Balsam. Recorded in 1831, this cooking apple could be found in most gardens and was ‘peculiar to the northern parts of Yorkshire’ where it was known as ‘the farmer’s wife's apple’.
Barnack Beauty - Culinary apple
Discovered in 1840, this Lincolnshire apple has a sharp flavour and is best used for cooking.
Bess Pool - Dessert apple
The apple dates from the 18th century and was discovered in a wood in Nottinghamshire. Bess Pool was the daughter of a local innkeeper. The attractive fruit gained local distinction.
Blenheim Orange - Dessert apple
This Oxfordshire apple dates back to 1740 and was originally known as Kempster's Pippin. The apple is dry, crumbly and extremely good with cheese or as the main ingredient for apple charlotte.
Bloody Ploughman - Dessert apple
Named in 1883, its name is reputedly taken from a ploughman caught stealing apples on the Megginch estate and shot for it by the gamekeeper. On finding the apples, the ploughman's wife threw them on to a rubbish heap and one of the seedlings that emerged was rescued and subsequently named.
Bramley Seedling - Culinary apple
Very popular and highly regarded as the ‘world’s best cooking apple’, it dates back to 1809. The original tree is still thriving in Nottinghamshire.
Broad-eyed Pippin - Culinary apple
This apple dates back to the late 17th Century. It is a large flat-shaped fruit with a distinctive large open eye.
Cambusnethan Pippin - Dessert & culinary apple
A Scottish apple that arose either in Clydesdale around 1750 or possibly earlier at Stirling.
Cockpit Improved - Dessert & culinary apple
This dual purpose apple dates back to 1902 and is sweeter than the original Cockpit variety.
Court Pendu Plat - Dessert apple
This apple dates back to the early 1600s at least; possibly even to the Roman era. It was a very popular apple in Victorian times. The tree flowers late in spring and is known as the 'wise' apple because of this.
Devonshire Quarrendon - Dessert apple
This apple has a disputed origin and was first recorded in 1676. Some say it originates from Devon, other say it came from across the Channel in France.
Ellison's Orange - Dessert apple
Dating back to 1890, this Lincolnshire apple has an aniseed flavour that arises after picking. Similar to the Cox apples, it has depth and range in flavour.
Fillingham Pippin - Dessert apple
This apple was raised from seed or cuttings from America by Mr Fillingham of Swanland. It's a good crisp, sharp eater and unusually, it can be propagated from cuttings. Circa 1835.
Galloway Pippin - Dessert apple
This apple originated in Wigtown, Galloway, Scotland. Although it first came to attention in 1871, it was believed to have been in existence long before this date. A yellow apple with spots of russet.
Hawthornden - Culinary apple
Raised by Drummond of Roslin in 1780, it was described as one of the most valuable and popular apples in cultivation because it was healthy, vigorous, and an early abundant bearer.
Hornsea Herring - Culinary apple
At one time in Hornsea, it was a condition for some tenants that a Hornsea Herring had to be planted and tended. The apple originates circa 1855.
Herring's Pippin - Dessert and culinary apple
An excellent apple dating back to 1908. A large, deep green apple with a spicy flavour and pleasing aroma.
Howgate Wonder - Culinary apple
This very large cooking apple was raised in 1916 by Mr. G Wratton of Bembridge, Isle of Wight. Weighing in at 3lb 11oz, with a circumference of 21 and a quarter inches, the Howgate Wonder entered the Guinness Book of Records in 1997 as the biggest apple ever grown.
Hunthouse - Culinary apple
Legend has it that Hunthouse or Hunt House was taken by Captain Cook when he sailed out from Whitby. It helped to prevent scurvy amongst his crew and dates back to pre-1800.
Keswick Codlin - Culinary apple
Found growing in the 1790s as a seedling tree in a rubbish heap at Gleaston Castle, Lancashire. Since then, Keswick Codlin has retained its place as a popular mid-season cooking apple.
James Grieve - Culinary apple
Its parents were a Pott's Seedling and a Cox's Orange Pippin and it was produced in Edinburgh some time before 1893. The apple bruises easily but is an excellent producer and a good apple for pollinating others.
Kings of Pippin - Dessert apple
This apple is thought to originate from England but possibly France in the early 1800s. Originally it was believed to have been called Golden Winter Permain.
Lemon Pippin - Dessert and culinary apple
This lemon-coloured apple originates from Norway and is an excellent dual purpose variety.
Peasgood Nonsuch - Dessert and culinary apple
Described as 'one of the most handsome apples in cultivation', this large apple originates from Grantham, Lincolnshire. The apple first bore fruit in 1870.
Red Gravenstein - Culinary apple
The Gravenstein is native to south Jutland, Denmark and was discovered in 1669. The Red Gravenstein is considered a sport rather than a true variety, and is good for cooking and baking.
Red Devil - Dessert apple
Aptly named, this striking apple is a cross between a Discovery and a Kent. Red Devil was raised by an H F Ermen at Faversham, Kent.
Ribston Pippin - Dessert apple
Also known as the Glory of York, this is the most famous Yorkshire variety. It's a strong-tasting 'aromatic' traditional apple. If you like a classic English dessert apple, then this is one to try.
Scotch Bridget - Culinary apple
An irregular ribbed apple which has a nice rosy colour on the side which faces the sun. It keeps very well.
Stamford Pippin - Dessert apple
Originates from Lincolnshire in 1858.
Sunset - Dessert apple
Raised in 1918 by Mr Addy of Kent, this apple adopted its current name in 1933. The flavour is similar to a Cox, concentrated but slightly sharper.
Winter Gem - Dessert apple
This apple was introduced in 1993 by an amateur breeder in his back garden.
Yorkshire Beauty - Culinary apple
Also known as Greenup's Pippin, it was introduced in the late 1700s and came from the garden of a shoemaker in Keswick. It is a big angular apple which has a rosy flush.
