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Benenden Early
A very pretty red striped apple with very good flavour for a summer apple.
Origin: Hampshire UK, 1945
Pollination: Benenden Early is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop. Pollination partners
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History and description of Benenden Early
Raised by J J Gibbons, Southampton c 1945 from St Edmunds Pippin x Lady Sudeley. Introduced by Stuart Low, Benenden, Kent 1952. Large flat-round irregular ribbed fruit with brilliant red stripes over a pale greenish yellow skin resembling Lady Sudeley. Firm, slightly chewy but quite juicy yellow flesh with a good balance of acidity and sweetness and some of rich flavour of St Edmunds Pippin. Can be very good at its best but may lack flavour at other times. It is prone to cracking.Characteristics of Benenden Early apple trees
| Use | Dessert |
| Colour | Flushed |
| Flavour | Rich |
| Fruit size | Medium |
| Picking time | Mid Aug |
| Season of use | Aug-Sep |
| Tree vigour | Moderate |
| Tree habit | Upright-spreading |
| Fruit-bearing | Spur-bearer |
| Cropping | |
| Pollination date | 11 |
| Pollination group | C |
| Self-fertility | Self-sterile |
| Pollinators | Pollination partners |
| Parentage | Lady Sudeley St Edmund's Pippin |
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