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Yellow Ingestrie

Yellow Ingestrie apples
Yellow Ingestrie is listed in the RHS Plants for Pollinators

Yellow Ingestrie is an attractive old apple, and without doubt the perfect centrepiece for any fruit bowl.

The apples have a rich fruity flavour.

Yellow Ingestrie apple trees for sale

  • 1-year bare-root tree on MM106 rootstock£34.95
    Mature height: 3m-5m after 10 years
    Can be trained on as a large free-standing apple tree, a half-standard apple tree, a large apple fan or espalier, or a pleached apple tree.
    Available next season

Growing and Training

As well as having pretty apples, Yellow Ingestrie makes an attractive tree for a large lawn. The branches have a spreading and slightly weeping habit.


Recommended pollinators for Yellow Ingestrie apple trees

Yellow Ingestrie is not self-fertile, so you will need another different but compatible variety planted nearby in order to produce fruit. The following varieties are good pollinators for Yellow Ingestrie. If you are not sure about pollination requirements don't hesitate to ask us.

  • Pollinator Scrumptious
    Scrumptious
    Scrumptious is a modern award-winning early-season English dessert apple.
  • Pollinator Spartan
    Spartan
    Spartan produces lots of crimson maroon apples, crunchy, sweet, easy to grow, delicate "vinous" flavour.
  • Pollinator Red Falstaff
    Red Falstaff
    Red Falstaff is one of the best garden apple trees, heavy crops, easy to grow, and very juicy.
  • Pollinator Sunset
    Sunset
    Sunset is a popular garden alternative to Cox, easier to grow, with a sweet aromatic flavour.
  • Pollinator James Grieve
    James Grieve
    James Grieve is the classic Scottish dual-purpose apple. It can be eaten fresh, and is also excellent for juicing and cooking.
  • Pollinator Fiesta
    Fiesta
    Fiesta (or Red Pippin) is one of the best Cox-style apples, easy to grow, with a good aromatic flavour.
  • Pollinator Red Devil
    Red Devil
    Red Devil is a good apple variety for the UK garden, and produces a sweet red-tinted juice.
  • Pollinator Greensleeves
    Greensleeves
    Greensleeves is a reliable and popular mid-season green/yellow apple, easy to grow and productive.

History

Raised by Thomas Andrew Knight, of Herefordshire, in about 1800. The parentage is Orange Pippin (not the same as Cox's Orange Pippin) and Golden Pippin.


Yellow Ingestrie characteristics

  • Gardening skillAverage
  • Self-fertile?Not self-fertile
  • Pollinating othersAverage
  • Pick seasonMid
  • Picking periodearly September
  • Keeping2-3 weeks
  • Food usesEating fresh
  • Country of originUnited Kingdom
  • Period of origin1800 - 1849
  • Fruit colourGreen / Yellow

You might also like these varieties

  • See also Ashmead's Kernel
    Ashmead's Kernel
    A versatile English 17th century russet apple, Ashmead's Kernel is noted for its distinctive pear-like flavour.
  • See also Orleans Reinette
    Orleans Reinette
    Orleans Reinette is a traditional French apple variety, and remains popular for its old-fashioned flavour.
  • See also Pitmaston Pine Apple
    Pitmaston Pine Apple
    A small English 18th century apple with a distinctive fruity pineapple-like flavour.

More about apple trees

Apples are very versatile, and all varieties can be eaten or used in the kitchen. However varieties specifically grown as eating apples tend to have the best flavours for eating raw.

The main thing to decide when choosing an eating apple is when you intend to eat the apples. Early season apples are typically ready in August, and generally don't keep very long. Mid-season apples are ripe in early September, while late-season apples start to become ripe in late September and October. Many of the late-season varieties can also be stored in a fridge or cold shed for several months into the winter.

Some apple varieties are self-fertile, but most are not. However in most areas of the UK you do not need to worry whether your apple trees are self-fertile or not, as there will be other apple trees in nearby gardens to help with pollination.


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