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Merton Charm
A heavy cropping lightly aromatic early dessert apple.
Origin: London UK, 1933
Pollination: Merton Charm is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop. 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.
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History and description of Merton Charm
Raised in 1932 by M B Crane at the John Innes Institute, Merton, London from McIntosh x Cox's Orange Pippin. Small, round fruit. Green-yellow skin with orange-red flush but often with poor colour in UK conditions. Has a crisp, juicy flesh which is sweet with a lightly aromatic flavour. Heavy cropping tree with a semi-weeping habit.Characteristics of Merton Charm apple trees
| Use | Dessert |
| Colour | Flushed |
| Flavour | Sweet |
| Fruit size | Small |
| Picking time | Mid Sep |
| Season of use | Sep-Oct |
| Tree vigour | Moderate |
| Tree habit | |
| Fruit-bearing | Spur-bearer |
| Cropping | Heavy |
| Disease resistance | Mildew - Resistant |
| Pollination date | 6 |
| Pollination group | B |
| Self-fertility | Self-sterile |
| Pollinators | Pollination partners |
| Parentage | Cox's Orange Pippin McIntosh Red |
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