Recommendations for dual purpose apple

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Hi, I'm looking to get an apple tree for the garden. It's not a massive garden so we don't have room for lots of trees so maybe these critiera are too specific but I'd love some feedback and recommendations.
- good crunch and sweet eating raw
- cooks well (as in good for keeping some shape and texture in pies and chutneys.
- self pollinating
- English heritage variety (some nice sorry behind it)
- self pollinating or doesn't requite another fruit tree nearby
Maybe it's too specific but it's for life and I'd like to get it right. Plus it's a gift for my husband as he's been wanting one for ages as a reminder of his childhood at his grandparents.
Hope someone can help. Thanks so much!!!
- good crunch and sweet eating raw
- cooks well (as in good for keeping some shape and texture in pies and chutneys.
- self pollinating
- English heritage variety (some nice sorry behind it)
- self pollinating or doesn't requite another fruit tree nearby
Maybe it's too specific but it's for life and I'd like to get it right. Plus it's a gift for my husband as he's been wanting one for ages as a reminder of his childhood at his grandparents.
Hope someone can help. Thanks so much!!!
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Another alternative is what is known as a family tree which has several compatible varieties grafted onto one rootstock. If the varieties are chosen carefully they should have equal vigour which makes life easier for future maintenance.
https://www.orangepippintrees.co.uk/apple-trees/james-grieve
Cox’s Orange Pippin, though a very popular apple and a very tasty one, is prone to diseases.
https://www.orangepippintrees.co.uk/apple-trees/coxs-orange-pippin
A more modern variety, which has a similar taste to Cox’s Orange Pippin, and has greater disease resistance than Cox, is Christmas Pippin.
For a bit of apple porn window shopping, take a look at the apples with stories attached to them on this website.
http://www.bernwodeplants.co.uk/applebackground.htm
They also explain which rootstock you should ask for the variety you choose to be grafted onto in order for it to attain the correct height for your garden.