John Apple

An old English cooking apple.

Origin: Middlesex UK, 1921

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

John Apple apple trees produced to 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 John Apple

John Apple was an old variety from the 16th and 17th centuries. It was said to keep from one apple season to the next. The existing apple received by the National Fruit Collection UK in 1921 is probably not the same as it does not normally keep beyond November. It is a smooth skinned culinary apple, with a sharp, soft flesh.

Characteristics of John Apple apple trees

Use	Culinary
Colour	Flushed
Flavour	Acid
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time	Late Sep
Season of use	Oct-Nov
Tree vigour	Small
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping	Heavy
Pollination date	8
Pollination group	C
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Pollinators	Pollination partners