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	Apple trees Adam's Pearmain	Apple trees Cox's Orange Pippin	Apple trees Kidd's Orange Red
Summary	A popular Victorian era English apple tree.	Is this the best-flavored dessert apple ever - probably.	Without doubt one of the best Cox-style apples, excellent flavour, and easy to grow.
Flavour	Good	Exceptional	Exceptional
Flavour style	Sweeter	Aromatic	Aromatic
Picking	Late -October week 2	Mid-season -September week 3	Late -October week 2
Use/Keeping	3 months or more	1-2 months	1-2 months
Cooking result
Cropping	Good	Light	Light
Vigour	Weak growing		Average growth
Pollination	Flowering group 2 Self-sterile	Flowering group 3 Self-fertile	Flowering group 3 Self-sterile
Gardening skill		Requires a bit of effort	Easy
Disease resistance	Good	Poor	Average
Climate	Suitable for N.England		Suitable for N.England
Other qualities
	Current stock availability for these varieties
	Adam's Pearmain Very large - 1-year Bare-root - M25 rootstock Small - Cordon 12L container - M9 rootstock	Cox's Orange Pippin Small - 1-year Bare-root - M9 rootstock Large - 1-year Bare-root - MM106 rootstock Large - 1-year Bare-root - MM106 rootstock Large - 2-year Bare-root - MM106 rootstock Very large - 2-year Bare-root - MM111 rootstock Very large - 1-year Bare-root - M25 rootstock Large - 2-year 12L container - MM106 rootstock Large - Half-standard 12L container - MM106 rootstock	Kidd's Orange Red Large - 1-year Bare-root - MM106 rootstock Large - 2-year 12L container - MM106 rootstock