Encore

A large cooking apple. Very acid when used early but mellows with keeping.

Origin: Berkshire UK, 1906

Pollination: Encore is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop. Pollination partners

Encore apple trees produced to special order

Closing date for custom graft orders: 14 Jul 2024

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 2025. More details of our custom grafting service here.

History and description of Encore

First recorded in 1906. Raised by Charles Ross, Head Gardener at Welford Park, Newbury, Berkshire. Introduced by J Cheal of Crawley, Sussex. Thought to be a Warner’s King X Northern Greening. Received RHS. Award of Merit in 1906 and RHS. First Class Certificate in 1908.

Large-sized fruit. Round to oblong shape. Distinctly flattened at base and apex and fairly distinctly ribbed. The background skin colour is bright green becoming greenish yellow. Irregular patches of dark green undertone. May be one quarter or more flushed brownish red. Broad, broken red stripes. Creamy white flesh, juicy and somewhat soft. A strongly acidic culinary apple if used early, but mellows with keeping to make a creamy baked apple with a rich flavour.

A tree of moderate vigour. Good cropper. Scab resistant.

Characteristics of Encore apple trees

Use	Culinary
Colour	Green
Flavour	Acid
Fruit size	Large
Picking time	Early/Mid Oct
Season of use	Dec-Apr
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping	Good
Disease resistance	Scab - Resistant
Special features	Attractive Blossom
Pollination date	14
Pollination group	D
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Pollinators	Pollination partners
Parentage	Northern Greening Warner's King