Feltham Beauty apple
An early season English apple, ripens in mid-August. The flavour is sweeter than most early varieties.
Feltham Beauty is a little-known early-season English apple variety. In the southern UK it is typically ripe in the 2nd or 3rd week of August.
It is a handsome apple, with an obvious resemblance to Cox's Orange Pippin, which is indeed one of its parents. For such an early variety, the flavour is quite acceptable, being noticeably sweeter than most of its competitors. However it is primarily quite bland and unremarkable, and the main appeal is the summery freshness. The flesh is melting - definitely not one for fans of crisp apples.
Like most very early apple varieties, Feltham Beauty does not keep. The skin becomes greasy within a couple of days and the apple rapidly goes off. This is definitely a variety at its best when picked and eaten the same day.
Summary
- Species: Malus domestica
- Parentage: Cox's Orange Pippin x Gladstone
- Origin: United Kingdom
- Introduced: 1908
- Orange Pippin Cultivar ID: 156800
- We are grateful to Brogdale Farm - home of the UK National Fruit Collection - for providing samples of this variety.
Identification
- Fruit colour: Red / Orange flush
- Flesh colour: Cream
- Fruit size: Medium
- Bultitude apple group: 6. Red flushed, smooth, sweet
Using
- Good for eating fresh
- Good for juice
- Ripening period: Early season
- Use / keeping: 1-3 days
Growing
- Cropping: Good
- Flowering period: Mid-Late season
- Flowering group: 4
- Fertility: Self-sterile
- Triploid: No
- Vigour: Slightly large
- Gardening skill: Average
Relationships to other varieties
Parents and other ancestors of this variety:
- Cox's Orange Pippin (parent)
Feltham Beauty identification photos from official fruit collections
Feltham Beauty identification photos from website visitors
Fruit tree register
We don't have any registered trees for this variety yet.
Do you have a tree of this variety in your garden or orchard? If so please register the details here and contribute to our international register of fruit trees.
Mature heights for Feltham Beauty trees
This table shows the likely mature height for a Feltham Beauty tree taking into account the vigor of the variety, the rootstock, and soil conditions.
| Rootstock | Soil quality | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poor | Below average | Average | Above average | Very good | |
| P22 | 2.8 ft 0.9 m |
3.5 ft 1.1 m |
4.2 ft 1.3 m |
4.9 ft 1.5 m |
5.6 ft 1.7 m |
| M27 | 3.2 ft 1.0 m |
4.0 ft 1.2 m |
4.8 ft 1.5 m |
5.6 ft 1.7 m |
6.4 ft 2.0 m |
| M9 | 4.8 ft 1.5 m |
6.0 ft 1.8 m |
7.2 ft 2.2 m |
8.4 ft 2.6 m |
9.6 ft 2.9 m |
| Bud.9 | 4.8 ft 1.5 m |
6.0 ft 1.8 m |
7.2 ft 2.2 m |
8.4 ft 2.6 m |
9.6 ft 2.9 m |
| Geneva 16 | 4.8 ft 1.5 m |
6.0 ft 1.8 m |
7.2 ft 2.2 m |
8.4 ft 2.6 m |
9.6 ft 2.9 m |
| Geneva 11 | 5.6 ft 1.7 m |
7.0 ft 2.1 m |
8.4 ft 2.6 m |
9.8 ft 3.0 m |
11.2 ft 3.4 m |
| M26 | 6.0 ft 1.8 m |
7.5 ft 2.3 m |
9.0 ft 2.8 m |
10.5 ft 3.2 m |
12.0 ft 3.7 m |
| Geneva 30 | 6.4 ft 2.0 m |
8.0 ft 2.5 m |
9.6 ft 2.9 m |
11.2 ft 3.4 m |
12.8 ft 3.9 m |
| MM102 | 6.4 ft 2.0 m |
8.0 ft 2.5 m |
9.6 ft 2.9 m |
11.2 ft 3.4 m |
12.8 ft 3.9 m |
| M7 | 7.2 ft 2.2 m |
9.0 ft 2.8 m |
10.8 ft 3.3 m |
12.6 ft 3.9 m |
14.4 ft 4.4 m |
| M116 | 7.2 ft 2.2 m |
9.0 ft 2.8 m |
10.8 ft 3.3 m |
12.6 ft 3.9 m |
14.4 ft 4.4 m |
| MM106 | 8.0 ft 2.5 m |
10.0 ft 3.1 m |
12.0 ft 3.7 m |
14.0 ft 4.3 m |
16.0 ft 4.9 m |
| MM111 | 9.6 ft 2.9 m |
12.0 ft 3.7 m |
14.4 ft 4.4 m |
16.8 ft 5.2 m |
19.2 ft 5.9 m |
| Bud.118 | 10.4 ft 3.2 m |
13.0 ft 4.0 m |
15.6 ft 4.8 m |
18.2 ft 5.6 m |
20.8 ft 6.4 m |
| M25 | 12.0 ft 3.7 m |
15.0 ft 4.6 m |
18.0 ft 5.5 m |
21.0 ft 6.4 m |
24.0 ft 7.4 m |
From an idea by N. Buck - more details.
Where to buy apples
No orchards have registered as growing this variety. If you grow this and want to register please go to our Orchard Registration form.
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