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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.
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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 |
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