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Golden Harvey
A very old russet apple with an intense sweet sharp flavour. Famous for its strong cider.
Origin: Herefordshire UK, 1600
Pollination: Golden Harvey 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 Golden Harvey
A very old variety which probably arose in the early 1600's in Hertfordshire when it was known as Round Russet Harvey. A popular dessert apple in Victorian times but fell from favour in the 1890’s, being regarded as too small.A golden, russetted apple. Intense sweet sharp flavour. Makes a strong cider due to the high specific gravity of its juice and was as a result also called Brandy Apple.
A tree of great vigour. Good cropper.
Characteristics of Golden Harvey apple trees
| Use | Dessert |
| Colour | Russet |
| Flavour | Sweet-sharp |
| Fruit size | Small |
| Picking time | Mid Oct |
| Season of use | Dec-Mar |
| Tree vigour | Vigorous |
| Tree habit | Upright-spreading |
| Fruit-bearing | Spur-bearer |
| Cropping | Good |
| Special features | Good for Cider Good for Juice |
| Pollination date | 13 |
| Pollination group | D |
| Self-fertility | Self-sterile |
| Pollinators | Pollination partners |
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