Apple - Charles Ross - Eating

Charles Ross - Eater

Charles Ross is a Victorian apple, a cross in about 1890 between Cox's Orange Pippinand Peasgood Nonsuch (an old english cooker). It is named after the head gardener in the late 1800's at Welford Park in Berkshire who was a keen apple breeder. This is probably his best. Charles Ross (the apple, not the man) looks a bit like a Cox's with the red/orange streaks typical of the Cox family although it is altogether a larger apple.  Its taste is sharp with a tang of orange when freshly picked although it sweetens when it has been stored for a bit.  White fleshed, Charles Ross can also be cooked when it ideal for apple pie although too lumpy for apple sauce. This is a really juicy apple that also makes great cider.

Charles Ross is a mid-season semi-fertile pollinator and so needs to be grown in the company of another pollinator to produce heavy crops. If you would like to learn more about fruit pollination and for help choosing a suitable pollinator for Charles Ross, please take a look at our Guide to Fruit Pollination. Use October - March

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