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APPLE, DISCOVERY
Malus domestica Discovery

APPLE, DISCOVERY (Malus domestica Discovery)
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Raised in Essex in 1949. Regular good cropper, sweet, crisp, juicy apples of good flavour, aromatic with a hint of strawberry flavour, yellow flushed bright red. Flesh is often stained red. Moderate growth. Good commercial and garden variety. Suitable for colder areas and is more resistant to frost.

Season of Use: Aug-Sept Desert Fruit

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POLLINATORS FOR APPLE, DISCOVERY

This plant is in pollination group 2 and requires a pollinator, choose a tree in group 1, 2 or 3 (listed below).

DescriptionSeason of UseCooker/Desert DescriptionSeason of UseCooker/Desert
Arthur TurnerAug-Oct Ashmead's KernelDec-Mar
BardseyMid Oct.-Dec. Beauty of BathEarly Aug
BountifulOct-Jan BraeburnOct-Jan
Charles RossOct-Nov CobraSept-Oct
Court Pendu PlatOct-April Cox's Self-FertileOct-Jan
DiscoveryAug-Sept Egremont RussetOct-Dec
Ellison's OrangeSept-Oct FiestaOct-Mar
Herefordshire RussetSept-Jan Howgate WonderOct-Jan
James GrieveSept-Oct KatySept
Kidd's Orange RedOct-Feb Laxton's SuperbNov-Mar
LimelightMid Sept-Mid Dec Orleans ReinetteNov.-Jan.
Red FalstaffOct-Mar Red WindsorAug-Mid Oct
Royal GalaLate Sept-Dec ScrumptiousSept-Oct
SunsetNov-Dec Sweet SocietySept-Jan
Tom Putt (Cider)Sept-Nov Winter GemOct-Mar
Wise AppleOct-April Worcester PearmainAug-Sept

Crab apples such as Golden Hornet and John Downie also are good pollinators for all apples. In areas where there are many apple trees already growing it may not be necessary to plant an extra pollinator.

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