Red Windsor, also known as Ceeval, is an attractive early-season dessert apple producing crisp, juicy fruit with an aromatic flavour.

Closely resembling Cox’s Orange Pippin, it offers excellent eating quality earlier in the season.

Features

• Medium-sized dessert apples
• Crisp, juicy, aromatic flesh
• Similar in shape, colour, and flavour to Cox’s Orange Pippin
• Moderately vigorous upright-spreading growth habit
• Spur-bearing and productive variety
  
• Develops its best flavour shortly after harvest

Origins / Notes

Bred in Germany during the 1930s from a cross between Cox’s Orange Pippin and Duchess of Oldenburg. It was introduced to the UK in the 1970s and has since become a popular early-season alternative to Cox.

Disease Resistance

Resistant to apple scab and powdery mildew.

Pollination Season

Mid-season

Harvesting Season

Early to mid-season, typically September.

Storage

Best flavour and juiciness develop around two weeks after harvest. Stores for approximately 1–2 months in cold storage, with the best eating window extending through early autumn.

Need help choosing your Rootstock?

Please refer to our Rootstock Guide in the first instance.

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Whereas varieties determine the type of apple you get, the rootstock determines the growing characteristics, vigour and ultimate height of the tree.

Selecting the right rootstock for your site and preference is just as important as the variety you chose. The different rootstocks we graft with and their uses are listed below.

M26 – Semi dwarf. Up to 3m high. Requires staking. Used for bush trees. Suitable for small gardens & allotments, for training into cordons & espaliers. Startsbfruiting after 2-3 years. Space bush trees 2-4m apart.

M116 – Medium. A semi-vigorous rootstock, with trees growing up to 3-4m high. Good for wet soil conditions. Start fruiting after 3-4 years.  Space trees 3.6m with 4.5m between the rows.

MM106 – Medium. A semi-vigorous rootstock, with trees growing up to 3-4m high. Good for half standards, espaliers, cordons. Start fruiting after 3-4 years. Space trees 3.6m with 4.5m between the rows.     

M111 – Large. A vigorous rootstock, with trees growing up to 4m high. Tolerates wet ground, more exposed sites, higher altitudes, and shallower soil conditions, has good disease resistance. Good for farms, larger smallholdings. Start fruiting after 4-5 years   Space trees 4-6m apart with 6m between the rows.

M25– Very Large. A very vigorous rootstock, with trees growing up to 6m (20ft) high. Grow as full or half standard. Ideal in poorer soil in exposed sites. Not ideal for the most gardens unless the soil is poor. Start fruiting after 5-6 years.  Space trees 4.5m apart with 6m between the rows.

Early Season

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