Period Fruit—Apple Seasonality

Variety	Known by	Picking Season	Use	Production
Court Pendu Plat	Roman?	Nov-March	Eat	Large
Decio	Roman?450AD			N
Costard	1200’s	Sept-Dec	Cook	Medium
Old Pearmain	1200’s		Eat	Large
Catshead	Pre 1500		Cook	Small
Nonpareil	1530		Eat	Large
Frankcatu	1532		Eat or Cook	Small
Leathercoat Russet	1580	Oct-Feb	Eat or Cook	Large
London Pippin	1580	Oct-Feb	Eat or Cook	Large
Royal Russet	1597	Cook	Nov-March	Large
Calville Blanc D’Hiver	1598		Cook	Small
Autumn Pearmain	Late 1500’s	Sept-Oct	Eat	Large
Scarlet Crofton	Late 1500’s		Eat	Small
John Apple	C1600?			Small
Golden Pippin	1600?		Cider	N
White Joanetting	Pre 1600		Eat	Small
Northern Greening	Pre C17th	September	Cook	Medium
Roxbury Ruset [Mass.]	Early 1600’s			Small
Golden Harvey	1600’s		Eat	Small
Apis	1628		Eat	N
Dr Harvey	Pre 1629			N
Flower of Kent	Pre 1629		Eat	Large
Sheepsnose	Mid C17th?		Cider	Small
Golden Reinette	Pre 1650’s		Cider?	Medium
Broad Eyed Pippin	pre 1651?		Cider?	Medium
Cornish Aromatic	1660? 1813	Nov-Feb	Eat or Cook	Large
Devonshire Quarrenden	Recorded 1678		Eat	Small
Kentish Pippin	Pre 1670?		Eat	Medium
Gennet Moyle	By C17th		Cider	Small
Lemon Pippin	Pre 1700	Oct-Jan	Eat	Small
Ribston Pippin	1707			N
Holland Pippin	1729		Eat or Cook	Small
Morgan Sweet	C18th		Cider	Large
King of the Pippins	1800			N
Cox’s Orange Pippin	C1825		Eat	Small

Annie Elizabeth	1857		Eat or Cook	Large
Worcester Pearmain	C1870			Small
Egremont Russet	1872		Eat	N
Newton Wonder	1887			Medium
Laxton Superb	1897			N

Crab	Native		Verjuice	Large

N on production indicates newly planted small trees not yet fruiting.

Kentish Pippins