Reverend W Wilks

A good early season cooking apple with a compact tree very suitable for small gardens, cordons and espaliers.

Origin: Berkshire UK, 1904

Pollination: Reverend W Wilks is self-fertile and a pollinator is not necessary for producing a crop. Pollination partners

We are now closed for the season. Ordering for winter 2024/25 will be enabled from Wednesday 1st May 2024.

History and description of Reverend W Wilks

Reverend W Wilks apple was raised by J Allgrove of Langley Nursery, Slough, Berkshire, UK. Believed to have been a Peasgood Nonsuch x Ribston Pippin seedling. Introduced by Messrs Veitch of Chelsea, London in 1908. Named after the prominent Secretary of the RHS Rev W Wilks, Vicar of Shirley, Surrey. Received an Award of Merit in 1904 and a First Class Certificate in 1910 from the RHS. A popular garden variety.

Large, conical, attractive looking fruit. Very pale green skin turning pale yellow. Some light orange flush and red stripes. White, juicy flesh. Cooks to a pale lemon puree needing little added sugar. Good for baking.

Compact, free spurring tree very suited to cordons and espaliers training and small gardens. Good disease resistance. Good cropper but with bienniel tendency which needs to be reduced by thinning crop. Attractive blossom.

Characteristics of Reverend W Wilks apple trees

Use	Culinary
Colour	Yellow
Flavour	Subacid
Fruit size	Large
Picking time	Late Aug/Early Sep
Season of use	Aug-Nov
Tree vigour	Small
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping	Biennial
Disease resistance	Scab - Resistant Mildew - Resistant Canker - Resistant
Suitable for	Northern Britain Wet Regions
Special features	Attractive Blossom
Pollination date	7
Pollination group	B
Self-fertility	Self-fertile
Pollinators	Pollination partners
Parentage	Peasgood's Nonsuch Ribston Pippin
Progeny	Robert Blatchford