Horsford Prolific

A large red flushed dessert apple.

Origin: Norfolk UK, 1913

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

Horsford Prolific 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:

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 2025. More details of our custom grafting service here.

History and description of Horsford Prolific

Found in a vicarage garden at Horsford, Norwich by the Reverend Mountford in 1913. A large red flushed dessert apple. Crisp and juicy, quite sharp early in the season, but mellows in storage.

Characteristics of Horsford Prolific apple trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Flushed
Flavour	Subacid
Fruit size	Large
Picking time	Mid Oct
Season of use	Dec-Mar
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