Bountiful

A good heavy cropping mild flavoured cooking apple.

Origin: Kent UK, 1964

Pollination: Bountiful is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop.Find pollination partners >

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History and description of Bountiful

Bountiful apple was raised by Dr F Altston, East Malling Research Station, Kent, UK 1964 from Cox's Orange Pippin pollinated probably by Lane's Prince Albert. Introduced by Highfield Nurseries Gloucestershire 1985.

Large fruit. Orange-red stripes over green skin. Mild flavoured flesh keeps some of its shape when cooked. Sharpness mellows in storage and can be used as a dessert apple.

Moderately vigorous tree. Heavy, precocious cropper. Resistant to mildew. A good pollinator flowering over a long period.

Characteristics of Bountiful apple trees

Use	Culinary
Colour	Flushed
Flavour	Sharp
Fruit size	Large
Picking time	Late Sep
Season of use	Sep-Nov
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping	Heavy
Disease resistance	Mildew - Very resistant
Suitable for	Dry Regions
Special features	Good Pollinator
Pollination date	9
Pollination group	C
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Pollinators	Pollination partners
Parentage	Cox's Orange Pippin Lane's Prince Albert