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Foster's Seedling
A very sharp Victorian cooking apple from Kent.
Origin: Kent UK, 1893
Pollination: Foster's 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 Foster's Seedling
Introduced by G Bunyard, nurseryman of Maidstone, Kent c1893. Medium sized, oblong fruit. Smooth orange yellow skin flushed deep red. A very acidic culinary apple with juicy soft flesh. Cooks to a sharp puree. A spreading tree of weak vigour. Heavy cropper. The fruit hangs late.Characteristics of Foster's Seedling apple trees
| Use | Culinary |
| Colour | Flushed |
| Flavour | Acid |
| Fruit size | Medium |
| Picking time | Mid Oct |
| Season of use | Nov-Mar |
| Tree vigour | Small |
| Tree habit | Spreading |
| Fruit-bearing | Spur-bearer |
| Cropping | Heavy |
| Pollination date | 17 |
| Pollination group | E |
| Self-fertility | Self-sterile |
| Pollinators | Pollination partners |
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