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Allen's Everlasting
An interesting and unusual dark russet apple from Ireland with an intense sweet flavour.
Origin: Ireland, 1864
Pollination: Allen's Everlasting is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop. Pollination partners
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History and description of Allen's Everlasting
Allen's Everlasting is an old variety originating from Ireland. First recorded by Thomas Rivers in 1864. Received a First Class Certificate from the RHS in 1899. Medium sized, flat to flat-round fruit. Ribbed and often irregular in shape. Olive green skin covered with a heavy dark russet and a coppery red flush. Tough skin and best eaten pealed. Firm, quite dry flesh. Strong sweet sharp flavour. Hangs well on the tree and should be left as long as possible to ripen. Keeps very well.Characteristics of Allen's Everlasting apple trees
| Use | Dessert |
| Colour | Russet |
| Flavour | Sweet-Sharp |
| Fruit size | Medium |
| Picking time | Mid/Late Oct |
| Season of use | Dec-Apr |
| Tree vigour | Small |
| Tree habit | Upright-spreading |
| Fruit-bearing | Spur-bearer |
| Cropping | Good |
| Pollination date | 11 |
| Pollination group | C |
| Self-fertility | Self-sterile |
| Pollinators | Pollination partners |
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