Croft Apple Collection

This is the collection I've put together. Most are un-named varieties which I've found in hedgerows and elsewhere. I've grafted most of them onto MM106. As they fruit, pictures will be added to the page.

Fuller descriptions of some of these are on two other pages - "apples not in the national
fruit collection" and "leicestershire apples".

STATUS:1=believed unique seedling; 2=known unique seedling
PROGRESS: A=scions obtained, B=newly grafted, C=grafted successfully, D=has fruited

NAME	FOUND	DESCRIPTION	PICTURE	STATUS
Blackjack	Old variety found in private gdn. by Tim Whalley, 2005	Extremely late dessert apple, sharp, acidic, sim. but superior flavour to Laxton's Superb. .......................			known variety,C
Burford Red	Burford, Oxon, 2000	Small dessert apple, ready Dec, hangs on tree until early Jan, sweet, red blush, greenish flesh, scented, crunchy texture .......................			1,D
Burford Yellow	Burford, Oxon, 2007	Small, flat, irregular dessert apple, ready Dec, hangs on tree until early Jan, sweet, white flesh, firm texture. .......................		2,C
Burford Sour	Burford, Oxon, 2006	Small very late culinary apple, hangs on tree until late Jan, sharp, rich flavour, yellow, dense flesh .......................		2,C
Croft Late Seedling	Croft, Leics, 1996	Crunchy, sweet dessert apple. Hangs on tree until mid-Dec. Small. .......................			1,D
Chapman's	Croft, Leics, private gdn. 1996.	Dual-purpose, ready Sept-Oct; hangs on tree until early Nov. Sweeter and more conical shape than Bramley, med-large .......................			2,C
Croft Cider	Croft, Leics, 1998	Small, ribbed, yellow bittersharp cider apple. Ready late Sept / early Oct .......................			1,C
Croft Golden Hornet	Croft, Leics, 2000	Crab apple very similar to "Golden Hornet" but bigger. Ready Sept. Good for cider. .......................			1,D
Daphne's Dual-Purpose	Surfleet, nr. Spalding; from private garden, 2005	Medium sized dual purpose apple; good flavour. .......................		1,C
George's Red	Essex, 2005	Red fleshed apple similar to "Red Devil" but much older. Ready Oct. Scion sent by G.H., Essex. .......................			1,D
High Cross apple	Leics, 2007	Apple a bit like "Discovery" in appearance, but stays on tree until late Dec. .......................		1,C
Martin's Custard (Old English)	Cotesbach, Leicestershire, rediscovered by Sally Cunningham, 2005	Dessert apple, ribbed. See Leicestershire apples page for full description. .......................		recognised variety not in NFC, D
Mere Pippin	Mere, Wiltshire. Found by ND, 2007	Very late dessert apple, yellow with crimson splashes, hangs on tree until Feb. .......................		2,C
Old-fashioned Rome Beauty	Chloe, WV, USA	A better-flavoured version of "Rome Beauty". .......................		Seedling known in West Virginia
Surfleet Sour	Surfleet, near Spalding, 2005	Large red-fleshed cooker, very sour, pink blossom. .......................		2,C
West Virginia Sweet	Chloe, WV, USA found by Bill Mullins, 2005	Dessert apple, sweet, with very unusual flavour. .......................			1,D
West Virginia Beauty	Chloe, WV, USA found by Bill Mullins, 2005	Dual purpose apple. .......................	.....		1,D
Whitwick Pippin	Whitwick, Leics, 1999, private gdn.	Remarkably late dessert apple; can stay on tree until Feb-Mar. Medium size, very dense texture, rich sharp flavour. .......................			2,D
Witney Deer Park Apple	Witney, Oxon, 2001	Skin and flesh texture similar to Ribston, hangs on tree until early Dec, little denser than Ribston, sweeter, smaller. .......................			1,D
Wibtoft Pippin	Wibtoft, Leics, 2000	Small, dense-textured very late dual-purpose apple. Hangs on tree until mid-Dec. A little like King Edward. .......................			1,D
Wyggeston Pippin	Wyggeston College, Leicester, 1997	Early to mid season dual purpose apple; rough skin, often fairly sour. Prolific, odd shape, med to large. .......................			2,D

Recognised varieties in collection:
Allen's Everlasting, Allington Pippin, Bramley, Claygate Pearmain,
Cornish Aromatic, Devonshire Quarrenden, Ellison's Orange. Golden Noble, King Edward,
Laxton's fortune, May Queen, Merton Knave, MM106, Ribston's Pippin, Red Devil, Sunset,
Wyken Pippin

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