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<blockquote data-quote="Bogweevil" data-source="post: 7835152" data-attributes="member: 48190">Depends on your market - farm gate sales to older people might focus on cox-like cultivars (don't grow cox it is a beast) - Sunset, Pixie, Fiesta, Alkmene/Red Windsor, russets even and cookers - howgate wonder and rev wilks. If you cannot store or sell all to customers to store you might prefer to concentrate on early cultivars - discovery, james grieve, fortuneYounger people, who lack discretion, like crunchy sweet apples - Scrumptious, Greensleeves, pinovaGala, braeburn and golden delicious are boggers for scab - there are some scab resistant cultivars to consider if you are averse to applying sulphur and your customers kick off about scabs; adams pearmain, saturn and topazControlled atmosphere storage is not feasible where you have a wide range of cultivars, but a cold store will help keep stuff sound until the new year. Apples that ripen in the new year such as Winston taste like turnips so I would aim to sell all stock by Christmas and don't bother to grow many late cultivars RV Roger, yorkshire nursery, top people. <a href="https://rvroger.co.uk/fruit/" target="_blank">https://rvroger.co.uk/fruit/</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bogweevil, post: 7835152, member: 48190"] Depends on your market - farm gate sales to older people might focus on cox-like cultivars (don't grow cox it is a beast) - Sunset, Pixie, Fiesta, Alkmene/Red Windsor, russets even and cookers - howgate wonder and rev wilks. If you cannot store or sell all to customers to store you might prefer to concentrate on early cultivars - discovery, james grieve, fortune Younger people, who lack discretion, like crunchy sweet apples - Scrumptious, Greensleeves, pinova Gala, braeburn and golden delicious are boggers for scab - there are some scab resistant cultivars to consider if you are averse to applying sulphur and your customers kick off about scabs; adams pearmain, saturn and topaz Controlled atmosphere storage is not feasible where you have a wide range of cultivars, but a cold store will help keep stuff sound until the new year. Apples that ripen in the new year such as Winston taste like turnips so I would aim to sell all stock by Christmas and don't bother to grow many late cultivars RV Roger, yorkshire nursery, top people. [URL]https://rvroger.co.uk/fruit/[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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