Apple Reid’s Seedling

Selected from a seedling by a Mr. Reid in Co. Armagh in the late 19th century, Apple Reid’s Seedling is an Irish heritage variety. A mid-season dessert apple, it has very attractive fruit; large for a dessert apple, it is round to conical in shape, and yellow with a big red blush on one cheek and some red stippling and russet spots. The flesh is soft, sweet and very juicy, sometimes marked with pink spots. Resistant to scab.

Site: Some shelter
Soil: Any reasonably well drained
Position: Crops best in full sun
Pick: Early September
Keep: October to November
Hardiness: Hardy
Pollination: Pollination Group 4 (pollinates with Groups 3, 4 and 5)
Uses: Eating apple; juicing

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