Early Victoria

A popular early cooking apple with excellent flavour.

Origin: Cambridgeshire UK, 1899

Pollination: Early Victoria is partially self-fertile and would produce some crop without a pollinator but would benefit considerably from a pollinator.Find 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. More ...

Early Victoria apple trees produced to order

Closing date for custom graft orders: 14 Jul 2025

We do not stock this variety, but we can produce custom-graft trees for you. Trees can be grafted on any of the following rootstocks:

Form	Rootstock	Price
Maiden	M9Dwarfing	£39.00
Maiden	M26Semi-dwarfing	£39.00
Maiden	MM106Semi-vigorous	£39.00
Maiden	MM111Vigorous	£39.00
Maiden	M25Very vigorous	£39.00

Custom graft trees would be supplied in December 2026. More details of our custom grafting service here.

History and description of Early Victoria

Raised from a Lord Grosvenor x Keswick Codlin by William Lynn of Emneth, Cambridgeshire, UK. Introduced by Mssrs Cross of Wisbech as Emneth Early. Awarded a First Class Certificate by the RHS in 1899. It was adopted commercially in the early 1900's and became known as Early Victoria. It is now no longer grown commercially but remains a popular garden variety.

A codlin type apple. Medium sized, round-conical, ribbed fruit. White flesh with a high vitamin C content. Superb flavour cooking to a fluff which is sharp but requires little added sugar. A good early culinary apple.

A compact, upright tree. Heavy cropping but with a bienniel tendency. Heavy crops need thinning to avoid small fruit. Good disease resistance. Partially self-fertile. Attractive blossom.

Characteristics of Early Victoria apple trees

Use	Culinary
Colour	Green
Flavour	Sharp
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time	Aug
Season of use	Aug-Sept
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping	Biennial
Disease resistance	Scab - Resistant Mildew - Resistant Canker - Resistant
Suitable for	Northern Britain Wet Regions
Special features	Attractive Blossom
Pollination date	10
Pollination group	C
Self-fertility	Partially self-fertile
Pollinators	Pollination partners
Parentage	Keswick Codlin Lord Grosvenor