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Can you help me identify these apple trees?

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CurlyWurly1991 · 12/06/2024 20:50

New to us allotment has several fruit trees including these two. Any thoughts on what the varieties might be based on how they currently look? 4 pics - first two is the back tree and last two pics are the middle tree.
thank you

Can you help me identify these apple trees?
Can you help me identify these apple trees?
Can you help me identify these apple trees?
Can you help me identify these apple trees?
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MereDintofPandiculation · 12/06/2024 20:57

Not a hope. There are hundreds if not thousands of varieties.

From experience, Bramley Grin

chattyness · 12/06/2024 21:00

Bit early to tell really but could be golden delicious and red delicious

thesustainablegardener · 12/06/2024 21:16

Hello CurlyWurly1991,

The autumn 🍂 is when you have a chance of identifying the apples 🍏 🍎
Depending on where you are in the UK the Royal Horticulture Society have events at their gardens centred around apples where you can get unknown varieties identified. Look up Jim Arbury who works for the RHS. Jim does the fruit identification at the RHS apple days. If you are not near one of the RHS gardens you may other organisations running similar events which you could research 🧐 online.

https://www.rhs.org.uk/membership/rhs-gardening-advice/fruit-identification

You may also want to check out the following organisation in the autumn. The Orchard Project An organisation of people very passionate about apples and orchards.

https://www.theorchardproject.org.uk/

Happy gardening
TheSustainableGardener 👩‍🌾

https://www.rhs.org.uk/membership/rhs-gardening-advice/fruit-identification

CurlyWurly1991 · 12/06/2024 21:20

Thanks all. Thought it was a long shot, they are probably not very unusual varieties based on the other habits of the previous plot holder. In any case will wait with baited breath until we harvest and I can get a better idea!

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Cedilla · 13/06/2024 23:00

The National Fruit Collection is at Brogdale and they can identify varieties from the fruit, and they charge a fee for the service, not unreasonably. There's a form to fill in if you’re interested, OP. Here

Fruit Identification

Download, print and complete the identification booking form below, please remember to send with your fruit.

https://brogdalecollections.org/fruit-identification/

MereDintofPandiculation · 14/06/2024 10:11

It has to be on fully grown ripened fruit. Among the characters you can look at are colour, both base and any striping or mottling, lenticels - the little dots, overall shape, shape and depth of the impressions at each end, length of stalk, presence of scarf skin (grey or brown dull layer), shape of the core, colour of the flesh.

thesustainablegardener · 14/06/2024 14:49

MereDintofPandiculation · 14/06/2024 10:11

It has to be on fully grown ripened fruit. Among the characters you can look at are colour, both base and any striping or mottling, lenticels - the little dots, overall shape, shape and depth of the impressions at each end, length of stalk, presence of scarf skin (grey or brown dull layer), shape of the core, colour of the flesh.

👍👩‍🌾

CurlyWurly1991 · 16/06/2024 14:18

Found an ancient label so have identified the reddish one as discovery… the green skinned one remains unknown for the time being !

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