Sweet Society

A new classic cox type apple selected by the RHS to celebrate their Bicentennial.

Origin: Kent UK,

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

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History and description of Sweet Society

Sweet Society is a new variety bred by Hugh Ermen and first introduced in 2004. It is part of a range of plants and trees selected by the Royal Horticultural Society to celebrate the Bicentennial. The fruit is similar to a good coloured Cox's Orange Pippin with attractive russet streaks and a good red flush on a yellow green background. The flavour is sweet and rich and highly aromatic. It produces a free spurring, compact bushy tree. Cropping is heavy and thinning of fruit is recommended to avoid small fruit

Characteristics of Sweet Society apple trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Flushed
Flavour	Aromatic
Fruit size	Small
Picking time	Late Sep
Season of use	Oct-Jan
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping	Heavy
Pollination date	0
Pollination group	D
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Pollinators	Pollination partners