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Cottenham Seedling
A good cooking apple originating from Cottenham near Cambridge with very attractive blossom.
Origin: Cambridgeshire UK, 1924
Pollination: Cottenham Seedling is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop. Pollination partners
British-grown 
All our bare-root trees are personally hand-grafted by our Nursery Manager and grown on at our nursery in Kent. We have Defra and Plant Healthy certification.
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History and description of Cottenham Seedling
Raised by Robert Norman at Cottenham Cambridgeshire from an open- pollinated Dumelow’s Seedling. Introduced by Mr H J Gautry c1924.Large round to round-oval apple. Fairly smooth greenish yellow skin becoming golden yellow with a light red flush. Quite greasy. Creamy white flesh, fairly firm, juicy and distinctly acid. Cooks to a bright lemon puree with excellent flavour. Keeps well.
Moderately vigorous, upright-spreading tree. Late flowering with attractive blossom. Crops well. Part tip-bearer not suitable for training into restricted forms.
Characteristics of Cottenham Seedling apple trees
| Use | Culinary |
| Colour | Flushed |
| Flavour | Sharp |
| Fruit size | Large |
| Picking time | Mid Oct |
| Season of use | Nov-Mar |
| Tree vigour | Moderate |
| Tree habit | Upright-spreading |
| Fruit-bearing | Partial tip-bearer |
| Cropping | |
| Special features | Attractive Blossom |
| Pollination date | 20 |
| Pollination group | F |
| Self-fertility | Self-sterile |
| Pollinators | Pollination partners |
| Parentage | Dumelow's Seedling |
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