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Apple
Red Windsor 
Apple
Sapora 
Apple
Allington Pippin 
Apple
Yarlington Mill 
Apple
Red Jonathan 
SummaryA red sport of Alkmene, with the same strong Cox-style flavour, but with a distinctly different appearance. Also known as Sweet Lilibet.
A modern apple variety developed in France, related to Rubinette.
A versatile English apple, with a strong pineapple-like flavour, useful for both cooking and eating.
High quality English cider apple. Firm, medium-sized fruit. Sweet to slightly bittersweet.
A more deeply colored sport of the original Jonathan, with similar good flavor and keeping qualities.

Identification

Red Windsor
Sapora
Allington Pippin
Yarlington Mill
Red Jonathan
Fruit colour

Red / Orange flush

Red
Flesh colour




Fruit size




Fruit shape




Using

Red Windsor
Sapora
Allington Pippin
Yarlington Mill
Red Jonathan
FlavorGood
Very good
Good


Flavour styleAromatic

Pineapple


Ripening period
Mid season
Mid season

Mid season
Use/Keeping1 week
1-2 months
3 months or more


Cooking result

Keeps shape

Textured puree

Growing

Red Windsor
Sapora
Allington Pippin
Yarlington Mill
Red Jonathan
Picking




CroppingHeavy
Good
Good


VigourSlightly small
Slightly large
Average growth

Average growth
PollinationFlowering group 2
Self-fertile
Blossom frost-resistance
Flowering group 3
Flowers Mid season
Self-sterile
Flowering group 3
Flowers Mid season
Partially self-fertile
Blossom frost-resistance
Flowering group 3
Flowers Mid season
Partially self-fertile
Gardening skillVery easy
Average



ProblemsScab - Very resistant
Scab - Some resistance
Brown rot - Some susceptibility
Fireblight - Some susceptibility

Other

Red Windsor
Sapora
Allington Pippin
Yarlington Mill
Red Jonathan
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Germany
United Kingdom
United Kingdom

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