Early Victoria Apples, Emneth Early
Also known as Emneth Early, Early Victorias are sweet little cooking apples that will grow well just about anywhere in Britain. They turn from a bright green to a pale yellow as they ripen and have a neat round shape. When baked, their texture is a match for that of a Bramley's: fluffy, smooth and thick with juicy syrup. In addition to being delicious when eaten the traditional way - with raisens and butter, in our house, they also make a top notch puree to go with any meat or vegetable dish. Harvest during August and store through September - maybe a bit longer if you keep them chilled.
Early Victoria History and Parentage
A cross between Lord Grosvenor and Keswick Codlin in the late 1890's, so the early crops would have been some of the 20th century's first new fruit. Codlins are quite early season cookers with an adventurous pasta man from Keswick found the tree growing on a rubbish dump. Lord Grosvenor apples are later cropping, very sharp and are pale yellow like the Early Victoria.
Apple Tree Pollination guide for Early Victoria
Early Victoria is a self-fertile tree but needs a suitable pollinator to produce a bumper harvest. Flowering in April and May, your tree will match any of the early or mid season Trees- in the pollinators category of the Apple Tree Pollination table - a couple of the best are listed at the foot of this page. Alternatively, Crab apple Trees- are number one for pollinating a whole orchard across the seasons; the best species in our books are the Red-berried and Golden Hornet crab Trees.
Rootstocks for Early Victoria
We use MM106 rootstocks for all the apple Trees- we sell. These are the UK standard for medium sized Trees-, designed to be pruned by gardeners at home and produce enough fruit to be a decent orchard tree. These rootstocks have good resistance to dry periods once your tree is happily established in the soil. A mature tree will be about 4 metres, 15 feet tall and if trained as a bush should give 3 metres of fruit laden branches.
If you are unclear about fruit tree sizes take a look at our Guide to Fruit Tree Sizing
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