Bramley
Mary-Ann Brailsford planted a pip circa 1809 in her garden, in Southwell Nottinghamshire. A local butcher, Matthew Bramley, bought the cottage and garden in 1846 and local nurseryman Henry Merryweather, asked if he could take cuttings from the tree and start to sell the apple. Mr. Bramley agreed, provided he called the apple 'Bramley’s Seedling'. The original tree is still alive and producing fruit today.
The fruit is large, flat and round and has a skin which is mid green to light green in colour.
Bramley has a higher acid content and lower sugar levels than dessert apple varieties producing stronger apple flavours when cooked and so making it the best apple for cooking.

Cox's Orange Pippin
Raised from the pips of a Ribston Pippin circa 1825 by Richard Cox the apple was intoduced as a commercial variety circa 1850 by Charles Turner. The fruit is conical and round with a green-yellow background with crimson streaks sometimes merging into continuous colour where exposed to the sun. The flesh is cream coloured, moderately firm, fine texture, very juicy with a full aromatic flavour making it a real connoisseur’s apple.      

Conference Pear
The parentage of the Conference Pear is unknown but was raised in England. Named after the 1885 International Pear Conference, the fruit is long, dark green, changing to yellow-green with a brown russet. The flesh is a very pale yellow, very juicy and aromatic.

Egremont Russet
As with the Conference Pear the parentage of the Egremont Russet is unknown but is an old English variety. First recorded references to this fruit were in 1872. The skin is covered with "russet", which means that there is a slightly rough texture to the skin of the apple. The flavour is nutty and sweet, and the flesh is firm and yellow/white in colour.

Spartan
Spartan is a cross between McIntosh and Newtown Pippin that was developed at the Summerland Research Station in British Columbia in 1936. The fruit is bright red and round. The flesh of a Spartan is white and crisp.

Royal Gala
Royal Gala is a cross between Kidd’s Orange Red and Golden Delicious dating back to 1934. It was raised in New Zealand and was finally named Gala in 1965. The fruit is slightly conical with bright orange/red stripes over a light yellow background. Royal Gala has become a firm favourite with consumers.

Braeburn
A chance seedling discovered in 1952 in New Zealand, Braeburn was named after the Braeburn Orchards where it was first grown commercially. Braeburn is firm and crisp with pale red stripes over a yellowish green background. Braeburn ripens late in the season (October) and stores well.