Apple Varieties - Pollination Guide

Below are apple varieties in six pollination groups. Apples in any group will be good pollinators for other varieties of apples in the same group, one group lower and one group higher.

For example, an apple tree in group 4 will be pollinated not only by others in group 4 but also those in groups 3 and 5. The lower the group, the earlier in the year the flowers are produced.

Those marked triploid are not more difficult for pollination because they require two other varieties within the same group for pollination to occur. These are not good varieties to choose unless your area has several other apple trees nearby.

Group 1
Gravenstein
Lord Suffield
Vistabella

Group 2
Alkmene
Ambassy
Beauty of Bath
Beauty of Blackmoor
Christmas Pearmain
Devonshire Quarrenden
Egremont Russet
George Cave
George Neal
Idared
Irish Peach
Lord Lambourne
Rev. W. Wilks
Ribston Pippin - Triploid
Ross Non Pareil
St Edmunds Russet

Group 3
Arthur Turner
Blenheim Orange - Triploid
Bramley's Seedling - Triploid
Brownlees Russet
Charles Ross
Cox's Orange Pippin
Crispin - Triploid
Discovery
Epicure
Falstaff & Red Falstaff
Fiesta
Greensleeves
Grenadier
Granny Smith
Holstein - Triploid
James Grieve
Jonagold - Triploid
Jupiter - Triploid
Katy
Kidd's Orange Red
Lane's Prince Albert
Malling Kent
Norfolk Royal Russet
Peasgood's Nonsuch
Red Devil
Rosemary Russet
Spartan
Sturmer Pippin
Sunset
Tydeman's Early
Winter Gem
Worcester Pearmain

Group 4
Annie Elizabeth
Ashmead's Kernel
Chivers Delight
Claygate Pearmain
Cornish Aromatic
Cornish Gillyflower
D'Arcy Spice
Ellison's Orange
Gala/Royal Gala
Gloster 69
Golden Delicious
Golden Noble
Herrings Pippin
Howgate Wonder
Joybells
Laxtons Superb
Lord Derby
Monarch
Orleans Reinette
Pixie
Tydeman's Late Orange
Winston

Group 5
(American) Mother
Merton Beauty
Newton Wonder
William Crump

Group 6
Edward VII
Court Pendu Plat

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