Gavin

An excellent but little know variety. Very crisp, sweet fruit.

Origin: Hertfordshire UK, 1956

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

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History and description of Gavin

Gavin apple was raised 1956 by Gavin Brown, Bayfordbury, Hertfordshire from a Merton Worcester X scab resistant seedling. (Jonathan X Malus floribunda X Rome Beauty).

Medium sized, rather unusual oblong shaped fruit. Light green background skin colour turning yellow with red and orange stripes. Very firm, crisp white flesh. Pleasant, sweet slightly perfumed flavour. Keeps well.

A weak growing tree tending to produce thin, weak branches. Good cropper with some biennial tendency. scab resistant but prone to canker.

Characteristics of Gavin apple trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Flushed
Flavour	Sweet
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time	Early Oct
Season of use	Oct-Dec
Tree vigour	Small
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping	Good
Disease resistance	Canker - Susceptible Mildew - Resistant Scab - Very resistant
Suitable for	Northern Britain
Special features	Attractive Blossom
Pollination date	13
Pollination group	D
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Pollinators	Pollination partners
Parentage	Merton Worcester