Kent

A mildly aromatic dessert apple raised at East Malling in Kent.

Origin: Kent UK, 1949

Pollination: Kent is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop.Find pollination partners >

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Characteristics of Kent apple trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Flushed
Flavour	Sweet
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time	Mid/Late Oct
Season of use	Nov-Feb
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping	Heavy
Disease resistance	Mildew - Resistant
Special features	Attractive Blossom
Pollination date	13
Pollination group	D
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Pollinators	Pollination partners
Parentage	Cox's Orange Pippin Jonathan
Progeny	Red Devil