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Gloucester Cross


A mid season dessert apple with a rich aromatic flavour.

Origin: Avon UK, 1913

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

Gloucester Cross 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:

FormRootstockPriceQuantity
MaidenM9Dwarfing £39.00
MaidenM26Semi-dwarfing £39.00
MaidenMM106Semi-vigorous £39.00
MaidenMM111Vigorous £39.00
MaidenM25Very vigorous £39.00

Custom graft trees would be supplied in December 2025. More details of our custom grafting service here.

History and description of Gloucester Cross

Raised 1913 by G T Spinks at the Long Ashton Research Station, Bristol. A Cox’s Orange Pippin cross. Sweet, crisp and juicy with quite intense, rich, aromatic flavour. Deep cream flesh.

Characteristics of Gloucester Cross apple trees

UseDessert
ColourFlushed
FlavourAromatic
Fruit sizeMedium
Picking timeEarly Sep
Season of useSep-Oct
Tree vigourModerate
Tree habitUpright-spreading
Fruit-bearingSpur-bearer
Cropping
Pollination date12
Pollination groupD
Self-fertilitySelf-sterile
PollinatorsPollination partners
ParentageCox's Orange Pippin
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