Apple Falstaff

Bred at East Malling Research Station in Kent in 1965 from Apples James Grieve and Golden Delicious, Apple Falstaff is a late season dessert apple, suited even to cold areas. Medium-sized fruit, yellowish green flushed and striped red; crisp, firm, juicy creamy-white flesh with an excellent flavour and a good balance of sweetness and acidity. Moderately vigorous, upright, spreading tree, reliable, easy to grow and a very heavy cropper. Comes into bearing early. Spur-bearer. Frost-resistant, self-fertile blossom, and an excellent pollinator. Some susceptibility to scab, but generally healthy. Holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit.

Site: Some shelter
Soil: Any reasonably well drained
Position: Crops best in full sun
Pick: Early October
Keep: October–December
Hardiness: Hardy
Pollination: Partially self-fertile. Pollination Group 3 (pollinates with Groups 2, 3 and 4)
Uses: Eating, juicing

During the bareroot season, our apples are pre pruned before being dispatched by mail order.