Winston

Winston is a highly regarded dessert apple with an aromatic, nutty flavour and excellent eating quality.

It also produces a refreshing, richly flavoured juice and develops even greater sweetness and complexity during storage.

Features

• Aromatic dessert apple with a distinctive nutty flavour
• Excellent for fresh eating
• Produces flavourful and refreshing juice
• Moderately vigorous upright-spreading growth habit
• Spur-bearing variety
• Precocious and productive
• Heavy and reliable annual crops
• Benefits from thinning to maintain fruit size
• Outstanding storage qualities

Origins / Notes

Created in Berkshire in 1920 by William Pope from a cross between Cox's Orange Pippin and Worcester Pearmain. Winston combines the rich flavour of its parentage with reliable cropping and excellent keeping qualities.

Disease Resistance

Very resistant to apple scab and canker.

Pollination Season

Mid-season

Harvesting Season

Late season, typically September to October.

Storage

Keeps for up to 5 months in cold storage. Best eating window is from late autumn through winter, when the fruit mellows and develops increased sweetness, aroma, and complexity of flavour.

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