Kidd’s Orange Red Apple Back To List Apple Parentage: Cox’s Orange Pippin x Delicious Description: Kidd's Orange Red is a high quality dessert apple, a good Cox alternative. Flushed bright deep orange-scarlet with short, broken red stripes. A creamy white flesh that's firm, crisp, juicy and sweet with rich aromatic flavour, a good balance of sugar and acidity. Grown commercially in New Zealand and in the UK. Well worth a place in the garden! History: Raised by J.H. Kidd at Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand in 1924. Introduced to the UK in 1932 and received an Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1993. Pollination Partners: Apple Annie Elizabeth Apple Braeburn Apple Christmas Pippin Apple Eden Apple Golden Delicious Apple Herefordshire Russet Apple Howgate Wonder Apple Lord Derby Attributes Pollination group: Pollination group 3 Picking month: October Storing: January Uses: Eating Back To List Find a local stockist by selecting your county: Select a CountyAberdeenshireAngusArgyllshireAvonAyrshireBedfordshireBerkshireBristolBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireCardiffCarmarthenshireCeredigionChannel IslandsCheshireClwydConwyCornwallCumbriaDenbighshireDerbyshireDevonDorsetDumfriesshireDunbartonshireDurhamEast LothianEast SussexEssexFifeGlamorganGloucestershireGwentGwyneddHampshireHerefordshireHertfordshireHumbersideInverness-shireIsle of ManKentLanarkshireLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonLondonderryManchesterMerionethMerseysideMid GlamorganMiddlesexMidlothianMonmouthshireMontgomeryshireMorayshireNorfolkNorth YorkshireNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOxfordshirePembrokeshirePerthshirePowysRenfrewshireRoxburghshireRutlandShropshireSomersetSouth YorkshireStaffordshireStirlingshireSuffolkSurreyTaysideTyne and WearWarwickshireWest GlamorganWest LothianWest MidlandsWest SussexWest YorkshireWigtownshireWiltshireWorcestershireYorkshire Search Discover these similar varieties… Brownlees Russet Apple A juicy flavour like acid drops, keeps well into February. Very attractive dark pink blossom in the spring. Full Details Ashmead’s Kernel Apple Pale green aromatic fruit with strong, sweet-sharp, intense, acid drop flavour and firm white flesh. Full Details Lord Stradbroke Apple Very large, prominently ribbed, crowned. Sweet, light cooker in October. Also known as Fenn’s Wonder! Full Details Bardsey Apple The ‘sainted’ apple found on Bardsey Island. Pink over cream skin with lemon scent and refreshing flavour. Full Details
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