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Winston apple



This apple started life as Winter King but in 1944 it was renamed Winston.

It is a high quality, late-keeping apple with creamy- white flesh, firm, juicy and a little sharp but mellowing to be sweet and aromatic.

Whilst Winston has many of the flavour characteristics of Cox's Orange Pippin, its horticultural characteristics - fortunately - take after its other parent, Worcester Pearmain.  Hence it is resistant to most diseases, easy to grow, and crops reliably.

Last updated 27 Jan 2013.

A Cox-style apple, easy to grow.

Origins

  • Species: Malus domestica
  • Parentage: Cox's Orange Pippin and Worcester Pearmain
  • Originates from: Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
  • Introduced: 1900
  • Orange Pippin Cultivar ID: 106200

Identification

  • Bultitude apple group: 7. Flushed / striped, some russeting, sweet

Growing

  • Flowering period: Mid-Late season
  • Flowering group: 4
  • Fertility: Self-fertile
  • Triploid: No
  • Vigour: Slightly small

Other qualities

  • RHS Award of Garden Merit 1993

Disease resistance

  • Scab  - Very resistant

Relationships to other varieties

Parents and other ancestors of this variety:

Winston identification photos from official fruit collections


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Rate this variety for flavor

Current rating: 4.3 out of 5. Total votes cast: 3
 

Visitor comments

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24 Oct 2010 Alison WarnerSUSSEX, United Kingdom
We used to sort and store these for my mother, all the ones which weren't fit to store were taken to a cider press after a week and juiced. The juice was superb really strong and really tasty. Some lasted to March/April Now trying the juice from the community orchard. see blog www.lemonaday.com
13 Sep 2010 N. BuckCAMBRIDGESHIRE, United Kingdom
I agree - a good performer and forms an attractive, easy-to-grow, fairly-trouble-free tree. The apples are quite sharp when picked and are best if stored for several weeks after picking. In simple cool storage, the apples should keep for a few months, maybe several months. The apples can be quite small if not thinned, but I find that smaller apples are less attractive to pests, so I don't thin mine and I accept "lunchbox" or "fun sized" fruits. In a garden situation, without the benefit of hives of bees shipped-in by orchards for pollination, Winston's very fertile blossoms (which seem to have some frost tolerance) can be useful to help obtain a good crop when other varieties fail. Many commentators praise Winston's resistance to scab and mildew, but I find that although its resistance is adequate in most seasons, it is not as highly-disease-resistant as is often implied. "Some resistance" to scab and mildew would be a better description than "very resistant". A very good tree and I highly recommend it as an easy-to-grow, attractive, not-too-troublesome, reliable, late-keeping apple.
07 Aug 2010 P. DandoCORNWALL, United Kingdom
One of the most reliable croppers that stores well in air, crisp and good-flavoured. It should be more comonly grown.

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The following Winston trees have been registered - click the name to view more details of each tree.

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Latest Spring blossom records for this variety

2010 season

  • 20th May  2010  - tree owned by Maureen in Eyemouth, United Kingdom
  • 7th May  2010  - tree owned by Stuart in Newbury, United Kingdom
  • 4th May  2010  - tree owned by N. in CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom

2009 season

  • 25th April  2009  - tree owned by N. in CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom

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Latest harvest records for this variety

2010 season

  • August  2010  - tree owned by Hazel in CHEADLE HULME, United Kingdom

2009 season

  • October  2009  - tree owned by N. in CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom

Where to buy apple trees

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