St Helens

A dark red early season dessert apple, a new seedling variety raised by Keepers Nursery

Origin: Kent UK, 2022

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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 ...

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History and description of St Helens

A dark red early season apple with a crisp light texture and delicious taste. The seedling was one a several dozen originally germinated by the children of St Helen's Montessori school from seeds collected in Keepers in 2015. Rajka x Sunrise.

Characteristics of St Helens apple trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	dark red
Flavour	Sweet
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time	Late August
Season of use	Early
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping	Good
Pollination date	0
Pollination group
Self-fertility
Pollinators	Pollination partners