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Dawn

A red late dessert apple with sweet-sharp raspberry flavour.

Origin: Hertfordshire UK, 1940

Pollination: Dawn is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop.  Pollination partners

Dawn apple trees produced to order

Closing date for custom graft orders: 14 Jul 2024

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:

FormRootstockPriceQuantity
MaidenM9Dwarfing £39.00
MaidenM26Semi-dwarfing £39.00
MaidenMM106Semi-vigorous £39.00
MaidenMM111Vigorous £39.00
MaidenM25Very vigorous £39.00

Custom graft trees would be supplied in December 2025. More details of our custom grafting service here.

History and description of Dawn

Probably raised by R Staward, Ware Park Gardens, Hertfordshire. Exhibited in 1940. A late dessert apple. Medium sized, round fruit, predominantly red flushed and smooth skinned. The flesh is soft, juicy with a sweet-sharp raspberry flavour. Can be over-acidic.

Characteristics of Dawn apple trees

UseDessert
ColourRed
FlavourRaspberry
Fruit sizeMedium
Picking timeLate Oct
Season of useNov-Jan
Tree vigourModerate
Tree habitUpright-spreading
Fruit-bearingSpur-bearer
Cropping
Pollination date11
Pollination groupC
Self-fertilitySelf-sterile
PollinatorsPollination partners