Apple tree recommendations

Ipomea

I want to give an apple tee to a friend who has an open north facing garden in Leeds. Slightly clay soil, must be self fertile and not too large. Any ideas?

pansyface

Do you think they’d like more of a cooker or an eater or both? If an eater, do they like crisp and sour or soft and sweet?

Size isn’t a problem, you just choose a variety that you like which has been grafted onto a small rootstock as opposed to a large one.

bertrand-mabel

Spartan is self fertile. We grow this tree in clay soil but it is an open area facing SW.

It is a great producer, lovely taste and keeps well.

A gorgeous dark red fruit.

wild edges

I had the first proper crop off my Egremont Russet this year and they're amazingly tasty little apples, really different to the sort of apples you buy in the shops. Nice heritage variety too. I'm tempted to plant another one now just to boost my crop.

Allotment Boy

On my Allotment I have a Ribston Pippin which is one of the parents of cox, it is the most reliable cropper I have, but it is in an open position. I have it trained as an espalier so it takes up very little space.

Ipomea

Thank you so much everyone I am still researching! They would like an early cropper, maybe more green than red, eating apple?

pansyface

I have grown this apple in the past

https://www.keepers-nursery.co.uk/fruit-trees/apple/early-season-eating-apple/james-grieve

and I have bought trees from that supplier. Good trees, good service.

James Grieve came from Scotland so Leeds should be a doddle.

Both an eater and a cooker.

Early.

Greenish.

Partially self fertile, so you don’t need to have two trees, but as bees can easily fly for a mile or two there will probably be another suitable pollinating tree somewhere in the area.