Maidstone Favourite

A summer apple from my local town Maidstone, Kent

Origin: Kent UK, 1913

Pollination: Maidstone Favourite 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.

Characteristics of Maidstone Favourite apple trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Flushed
Flavour	Sweet
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time	Mid Aug
Season of use	Aug-Sept
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit	Spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping	Heavy
Pollination date	7
Pollination group	B
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Pollinators	Pollination partners
Parentage	Beauty of Bath Emperor Alexander