Bakers Delicious

Bakers Delicious is a traditional Welsh cooking apple producing large fruit with a strong, sharp flavour that softens well when cooked.

It is valued for its reliability, heavy cropping, and excellent performance in pies, sauces, and purées.

Features

• Large cooking apple with pale green skin often flushed with red
• Sharp, acidic flesh ideal for cooking
• Breaks down well to a smooth purée when cooked
• Excellent for pies, crumbles, and sauces
• Heavy and reliable cropping variety
• Vigorous, spreading growth habit
  

Origins / Notes

A traditional Welsh cooking apple with long-established cultivation in Wales, valued for its dependable yields and strong culinary performance in kitchen use and orchard growing.

Disease Resistance

Generally regarded as a hardy traditional cooking apple with good field resilience under standard orchard conditions.

Pollination Season

Mid-season

Harvesting Season

Mid to late season, typically September to October.

Storage

Stores for around 1–2 months. Best used through autumn when acidity and cooking quality are at their peak.

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