Court Royal

An old West Country dessert apple also used for cider making

Origin: Devon UK,

Pollination: Court Royal is a self-sterile triploid 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. We have Defra and Plant Healthy certification. More ...

Court Royal apple trees produced to order

Closing date for custom graft orders: 14 Jul 2025

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 2026. More details of our custom grafting service here.

History and description of Court Royal

Court Royal apple is of uncertain origin bus was once grown in Devon, Somerset and Herefordshire. It was used as a dessert apple in the 19th century. It produces a sweet fast fermenting juice and was once also use for cider making.

The fruit is medium sized and flat round in shape. It has smooth pale green skin with a small amount of orange mottling and stripes. The flesh is cream coloured, crisp and sweet. The tree is vigorous and crops well but has a biennial tendency.

Characteristics of Court Royal apple trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Flushed
Flavour	Sweet
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time	Mid Oct
Season of use	Nov
Tree vigour	Vigorous
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping	Biennial
Pollination date	5
Pollination group	B
Self-fertility	Self-sterile triploid
Pollinators	Pollination partners