Arthur Turner – Apple Tree

Description

The ultimate early cooking apple?triple award-winning with a reliable track record in Scotland, both east and west. Large fruit with yellow-green skin and pale cream flesh with a certain sharpness.
A firm baker that makes well-flavoured golden puree needing minimal sugar. Perfect for early pies and applesauce. Can be ready in August for early use or leave till later, since it hangs well on the tree. Attractive blossom earned RHS Award of Merit in 1945, making it perfect for espalier training.
Vigorous, upright growth requiring a relatively short growing season?ideal for northern latitudes.
Flowering Group: 3
Season: August-November
Heritage: Buckinghamshire, 1915
Growing: Vigorous, reliable cropper, scab-resistant