Jacques Lebel

A large French acid cooking apple.

Origin: France, 1825

Pollination: Jacques Lebel is a self-sterile triploid and would require a pollinator to produce a crop.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 ...

Jacques Lebel apple trees produced to order

Closing date for custom graft orders: 14 Jul 2026

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 2027. More details of our custom grafting service here.

Characteristics of Jacques Lebel apple trees

Use	Culinary
Colour	Green
Flavour	Acid
Fruit size	Large
Picking time	Sep
Season of use	Sep-Dec
Tree vigour	Vigorous
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping	Good
Pollination date	12
Pollination group	D
Self-fertility	Self-sterile triploid
Pollinators	Pollination partners