Beauty of Bath Apple

A tasty apple with a juicy sweet and tangy flavour. This variety is very old and one of the earliest dessert apple, bred in Somerset and very widely grown in Ireland, where it was especially popular with children. Beauty of Bath’produces slightly flattened, medium-sized, pale greenish-yellow fruit striped with red, juicy and with a good sharp flavour, the last to ripen being sweeter. The flesh is cream-coloured, often with a pink stain, with a good balance of sweet and acid. Spur-bearer. Blossom fairly resistant to frost damage. Has a tendency to drop its fruit as it ripens; spread straw under the tree to prevent bruising. Like all early apples, it does not keep, so eat fresh and juice any excess for a pretty, pinkish juice. Apple Beauty of Bath remains popular, not just because it’s one of the first to crop but because it’s very resistant to scab, an increasing problem in Irish conditions.

Site: Semi-sheltered
Soil: Any reasonably well drained
Position: Crops best in full sun
Pick: August
Keep: Does not keep
Hardiness: Hardy
Pollination: Group 2 (pollinates with Groups 1, 2 and 3)
Uses: Eating apple; juicing