Rival

Crisp, juicy lightly aromatic apple.

Origin: Berkshire UK, 1900

Pollination: Rival is partially self-fertile and would produce some crop without a pollinator but would benefit considerably from a pollinator.Find pollination partners >

British-grown All our bare-root trees are personally hand-grafted by our Nursery Manager and grown on at our nursery in Kent. We have Defra and Plant Healthy certification. More ...

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Characteristics of Rival apple trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Flushed
Flavour	Subacid
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time	Late Sep
Season of use	Oct-Dec
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping	Good
Disease resistance	Scab - Very resistant
Suitable for	Wet Regions
Pollination date	11
Pollination group	C
Self-fertility	Partially self-fertile
Pollinators	Pollination partners
Parentage	Cox's Orange Pippin Peasgood's Nonsuch
Progeny	Flame Garnet Opal Peacemaker Pearl