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	Apple trees Adam's Pearmain	Apple trees Cox's Orange Pippin	Apple trees Kidd's Orange Red	Apple trees Bramley's Seedling
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.	Bramley's Seedling is the definitive English cooking apple, juicy and with good acidity.
Flavour	Good	Exceptional	Exceptional
Flavour style	Sweeter	Aromatic	Aromatic	Sharper
Picking	Late -October week 2	Mid-season -September week 3	Late -October week 2	Late -October week 1
Use/Keeping	3 months or more	1-2 months	1-2 months	3 months or more
Cooking result				Puree
Cropping	Good	Light	Light
Vigour	Weak growing		Average growth	Vigourous
Pollination	Flowering group 2 Self-sterile	Flowering group 3 Self-fertile	Flowering group 3 Self-sterile	Flowering group 3 Self-sterile Triploid
Gardening skill		Requires a bit of effort	Easy	Average
Disease resistance	Good	Poor	Average	Average
Climate	Suitable for N.England		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	Bramley's Seedling Very small - 1-year Bare-root - M27 rootstock Large - 1-year Bare-root - MM106 rootstock Large - 2-year Bare-root - MM106 rootstock Very large - 1-year Bare-root - M25 rootstock Very small - 2-year 12L container - M27 rootstock