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Gloucester Royal
A very sweet red apple.
Origin: Gloucestershire UK, 1930
Pollination: Gloucester Royal is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop. 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.
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History and description of Gloucester Royal
Raised in about 1930 by J W Thornhill, Dursley, Gloucestershire from a McIntosh cross. A smooth skinned red apple. Very sweet with little acidity. Can be rather woody. Tough skin.Characteristics of Gloucester Royal apple trees
| Use | Dessert |
| Colour | Red |
| Flavour | Very Sweet |
| Fruit size | Medium |
| Picking time | Mid Oct |
| Season of use | Nov-Jan |
| Tree vigour | Moderate |
| Tree habit | Upright-spreading |
| Fruit-bearing | Spur-bearer |
| Cropping | |
| Pollination date | 16 |
| Pollination group | E |
| Self-fertility | Self-sterile |
| Pollinators | Pollination partners |
| Parentage | McIntosh Red |
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