Eros

A large red flushed apple with a fruity sharp flavour.

Origin: Essex UK, 1947

Pollination: Eros 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, and have Defra plant-passport labels. More ...

Eros apple trees produced to order

Closing date for custom graft orders: 14 Jul 2027

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 2028. More details of our custom grafting service here.

History and description of Eros

Raised 1947 by W P Seabrook, Boreham, Essex from a Worcester Pearmain X Charles Ross. A large-sized fruit. Smooth-skinned with a bright red flush. Firm, yellow flesh with a fruity and quite sharp taste.

Characteristics of Eros apple trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Flushed
Flavour	Subacid
Fruit size	Large
Picking time	Late Sep
Season of use	Sep-Oct
Tree vigour	Vigorous
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping
Pollination date	11
Pollination group	C
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Pollinators	Pollination partners
Parentage	Charles Ross Worcester Pearmain