Bethan®

Keepers Nursery Seedling 77, named after my beautiful wife Bethan.

Origin: Kent UK, 2022

Pollination: Bethan® is self-sterile 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 ...

We are now closed for the season. Ordering for winter 2026/27 will be enabled from Friday 1st May 2026.

History and description of Bethan®

The attractive small apples that are crisp and sweet and unusually full flavoured for early ripening fruit. The apple was raised from seed in Keepers Nursery in 2015. Thought to be. Rajka x Sunrise cross

Characteristics of Bethan® apple trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Red flush on yellow
Flavour	Sweet
Fruit size	Small
Picking time	September
Season of use	Sept
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit
Fruit-bearing
Cropping	Good
Pollination date	10
Pollination group	C
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Pollinators	Pollination partners