"THE" big delicious cooking apple.
Very large, flat-round fruit. Yellow with broad, broken red stripes.
Eaten raw, it is sweet-tangy, juicy and aromatic.
Cooks to a delicate, fluffy puree texture with a good sweet-tangy flavour.
A medium vigour, very hardy and healthy tree that spurs freely. A reliable, heavy cropper.
USES: Dessert, Cooking
RIPENING TIME: Mid
POLLINATION GROUP: C Part Self-Pollinating
ORIGIN: Originally grown from a seed by the young Mrs Peasgood at Grantham, Lincolnshire, UK, about 1858
See our NURSERY INFO page to learn how we grow our trees, about our fruit descriptions, and all about rootstock and tree sizes.
DELIVERY or PICK UP DATE: We pack your plants in the first week of July, August or September. Select your preferred date below.
PICK UP, SHIPPING & RETURNS
We endeavour to get your goods to you as fast as possible. If you intend to pick up - select this option at check out. For books and posters please contact us by email after purchase to arrange a pick up time.
We pack and send out BOOKS & WALL CHARTS Tuesday and Fridays.
TREES & PLANTS are packed bare-root either the first week of July, August or September. Orders are taken for these year round. See our nursery info page for details.
Trees and plants can be delivered to your door (rates will be calculated at checkout based on the number of plants you purchase) or you can pick up for no fee - in which case we will email when ready to pick up and you will have 7 days to do so.