Admiral

A sweet perfumed dessert apple best grown in a warm situation.

Origin: Norfolk UK, 1921

Pollination: Admiral 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 ...

Admiral 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 Admiral

Admiral was raised by A K Watson at Upton, Norfolk, UK c1921. Introduced c1937. Medium sized, flat shaped fruit. Orange flush over greenish yellow skin with some russet patches. Sweet and perfumed. Requires a good summer for good colour and flavour. Bienniel cropper.

Characteristics of Admiral apple trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Flushed
Flavour	Sweet
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time	Early/Mid Oct
Season of use	Nov-Dec
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping	Biennial
Pollination date	13
Pollination group	D
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Pollinators	Pollination partners