Some apples are self-fertile, which simply means they can produce fruit without a pollination partner (a companion apple tree). However, most apple cultivars need a companion tree close by to provide cross-pollination to ensure good fruit and higher yields. As a general rule good cross-pollination occurs between apple varieties that flower and fruit around the same time.
The chart shows recommended pollination partners, however in most cases you can choose another apple which ripens around the same time.
Cultivar
Adorable
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Self-fertile
Comment
Large, sweet fruit with slight tang.
Cultivar
Adore
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Self-fertile
Comment
Small red juicy fruit, great eating!
Cultivar
Arkane
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Golden Delicious, Egremont Russet
Comment
Good cropper, small red juicy fruit.
Cultivar
Ariane
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Self-fertile
Comment
Fruit is delicious, mild flavour.
Cultivar
Autento Dwarf
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Self-fertile
Comment
Sweet, juicy firm fruit.
Cultivar
Ballarat - Heritage Apple
Type
Cooking
Ripe
Late
Pollinator
Golden Delicious, Granny Smith
Comment
Large fruit, bottling, sauce, eating.
Cultivar
Ballerina Bolero
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Egremont Russet or another Ballerina variety
Comment
Colunmar tree, good yields.
Cultivar
Ballerina Flamenco
Type
Desert
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Egremont Russet or another Ballerina variety
Comment
Colunmar tree, dark red fruit.
Cultivar
Ballerina Polka
Type
Eating
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Egremont Russet, or another Ballerina variety
Comment
Colunmar tree, crisp and juicy fruit.
Cultivar
Ballerina Waltz
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Egremont Russet, or another Ballerina variety
Comment
Colunmar tree, tangy, sweet fruit.
Cultivar
Baujade
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Granny Smith, Royal Gala
Comment
Medium-size sweet eating fruit.
Cultivar
Belle du Boskoop - Heritage Apple
Type
Cooking
Ripe
Late
Pollinator
Triploid - Mother, Sir Prize, or a Crabapple
Comment
Large tangy fruit.
Cultivar
Bisquet
Type
Cider
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Self-fertile
Comment
Juicy bitter-sweet fruit.
Cultivar
Blush Babe, Dwarf
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Self-fertile
Comment
Medium-size, sweet tasting fruit.
Cultivar
Braeburn
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Late
Pollinator
Self-fertile
Comment
Well known favourite - crisp, firm juicy fruit
Cultivar
Bramley Seedling - Heritage Apple
Type
Cooking
Ripe
Mid-Late
Pollinator
Triploid Gala, Cox Orange Pippin
Comment
Large flattish firm fruit.
Cultivar
Broxwood Fowelp
Type
Cider Apple
Ripe
Mid-late
Pollinator
Self-fertile
Comment
Medium-size fruit, with sharp taste.
Cultivar
Cameusa de ll'obregrate - Heritage Apple
Type
Dessert
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Granny Smith, Golden Delicious
Comment
Large fruit, good cropper.
Cultivar
Captain Kidd Kay - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Granny Smith, Golden Delicious
Comment
Sweet, juicy fruit, nice flavour.
Cultivar
Coxs Orange Pippin
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Royal Gala, Granny Smith
Comment
Popular for eating and cooking, rich nutty flavour.
Cultivar
Crimson Spire
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid-Late
Pollinator
Scarlet Spire or Ballerina varieties
Comment
Columnar tree, large fruit.
Cultivar
Dayton - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Gala, Cox Orange Pippin
Comment
Medium-size fruit, tangy and juicy.
Cultivar
Discovery - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Cox Orange Pippin, Gala, Freyberg
Comment
Great eating, crisp and juicy.
Cultivar
Divine
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Gala, Granny Smith
Comment
Medium fruit, crunchy with firm texture.
Cultivar
Egremont Russet - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Granny Smith, Golden Delicious
Comment
Compact tree, Rich sweet nutty flavoured fruit.
Cultivar
Freyberg - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Egremont Russet, Golden Delicious
Comment
Fruit is very sweet and juicy.
Cultivar
Fuji
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid-Late
Pollinator
Granny Smith, Golden Delicious
Comment
Large firm, crunchy apple. Great eating.
Cultivar
Gala
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Golden Delicious, Red Delicious
Comment
Crisp and crunchy, eat straight of the tree for full flavour.
Cultivar
Galaxy
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Royal Gala, Golden Delicious
Comment
Medium fruit, sweet and crisp.
Cultivar
Golden Delicious - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Self-fertile
Comment
Sweet-honey flavour, great eating and cooking.
Cultivar
Golden Reinette - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose, Cider
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Fuji, Gala
Comment
Medium sized, tasty eating or cider.
Cultivar
Granny Smith - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid-Late
Pollinator
Self-fertile
Comment
Ever popular, med-large fruit, eat fresh, preserve, sauce or apple pie.
Cultivar
Greenmeadows Cox
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Royal Gala, Golden Delicious
Comment
Medium-size fruit, sharp tangy taste.
Cultivar
Harold Red Delicious
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Cox Orange Pippin, Golden Delicious
Comment
High yielding, large fruit.
Cultivar
Hetlina - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Gala, Golden Delicious
Comment
Medium, contains high levels of anti-oxidants.
Cultivar
Initial
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Golden Delicious, Akane
Comment
Large, red, aromatic fruit.
Cultivar
Irish Peach - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Golden Delicious, Granny Smith
Comment
Sweet eating straight from the tree.
Cultivar
Jonagold
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Triploid - Golden Delicious, Splendour
Comment
Large fruit, honey-sweet taste.
Cultivar
Kentish Fillbasket - Heritage Apple
Type
Cooking, Cider
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Triploid - G.Delicious, Granny Smith, Cox's Orange
Comment
Large green cooking apple.
Cultivar
Kidds Orange Red - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Egremont Russet, Golden Delicious
Comment
Firm sweet aromatic fruit.
Cultivar
Kingston Black - Heritage Apple
Type
Cider
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Golden Delicious, Fuji
Comment
Small with a bitter-sharp flavour.
Cultivar
Knotted Kernal - Heritage Apple
Type
Cider
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Braeburn, Fuji, Granny Smith
Comment
Small full-bodied quality cider fruit.
Cultivar
Lady in Red
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Akane, Coxs Orange Pippin
Comment
Popular eating, crisp, tangy-sweet flavour.
Cultivar
Liberty - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Fuji, Golden Delicious
Comment
Abundant cropper, crisp and juicy fruit.
Cultivar
Little Rascal
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Golden Delicious, Granny Smith
Comment
Medium-size fruit with a sweet flavour.
Cultivar
Merton Russet - Heritage Apple*
Type
Dessert
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Granny Smith, Cox Orange Pippin
Comment
Crsip and sweet with a hind of pineapple flavour.
Cultivar
Mischief
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Royal Gala, Golden Delicious
Comment
Medium fruit, slightly tart.
Cultivar
Montys Surprise
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Granny Smith, Fuji
Comment
Full of flavour, large juicy fruit.
Cultivar
Mother-in-Law - Heritage Apple
Type
Cider
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Granny Smith, Golden Delicious
Comment
Sharp tasting cider apple.
Cultivar
Northern Spy - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid-Late
Pollinator
Mother, Golden Delicious
Comment
Large fruit, great eating and cooking.
Cultivar
Oratia Beauty - Heritage Apple
Type
Cooking
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Triploid - Egremont Russet, Braeburn
Comment
Nice cooking apple with sharp, tangy taste.
Cultivar
Owen Thomas - Heritage Apple
Type
Cooking
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Gala, Golden Delicious
Comment
Large fruit, good cropper.
Cultivar
Pacific Rose
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Gala, Golden Delicious, Granny Smith
Comment
Large crunchy, sweet fruit.
Cultivar
Peasgood Nonsuch - Heritage Apple
Type
Cooking
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Cox Orange Pippin, Egremont Russet
Comment
Fruit is large, with tart flavour, great cooking variety.
Cultivar
Pinkie
Type
Eating
Ripe
Mid-late
Pollinator
Self fertile
Comment
Semi-weeping tree, high quality fruit.
Cultivar
Prima
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Self-fertile
Comment
Large fruit, sweet and mild, great for desserts.
Cultivar
Priscilla - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Granny Smith, Initial
Comment
Good favour, keeps well.
Cultivar
Red Delicious
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Golden Delicious, Cox Orange Pippin
Comment
Heart-shaped, sweet, crisp fruit.
Cultivar
Red Gravenstein - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Triploid - Ariane, Egremont Russet
Comment
Med-Large fruit, sweet, crisp taste.
Cultivar
Reinette du Canada - Heritage Apple
Type
Dessert
Ripe
Late
Pollinator
Triploid -Fuji, Gala, Golden Delicious
Comment
Fruit is firm and juicy with a spicy flavour.
Cultivar
Rosie
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Med
Pollinator
Self-fertile
Comment
Large sweet crunchy fruit.
Cultivar
Royal Gala
Type
Eating
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Golden Delicious, Red Delicious
Comment
Most popular eating apple, excellent taste!
Cultivar
Royal Wilding - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose, Cider
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Golden Delicious, Granny Smith
Comment
Medium-size fruit with bitter-sweet taste.
Cultivar
Roys Pearl
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Granny Smith, Fuji
Comment
Medium-small fruit, good cropper.
Cultivar
Rubee Red
Type
Eating
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Self Fertile
Comment
Good cropper, crisp juicy fruit.
Cultivar
Scallywag Dwarf
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Golden Delicious, Splendour
Comment
Large, crisp sweet fruit.
Cultivar
Scarlet Spire
Type
Eating
Ripe
Late
Pollinator
Crimson Spire or Ballerina varieties
Comment
Columnar tree, fruit has excellent tangy taste.
Cultivar
Sidero
Type
Cider
Ripe
Late
Pollinator
Granny Smith, Braeburn
Comment
Medium-size Cider apple, reliable cropper
Cultivar
Slack Ma Girdle - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose, Cider
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Irish Peach, Egremont Russet
Comment
Flattish fruit, sweet and tender.
Cultivar
Splendour
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Late
Pollinator
Fuji, Golden Delicious
Comment
Large crisp fruit, low-acidity.
Cultivar
Sturmer
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Late
Pollinator
Golden Delicious, Gala
Comment
Cider and cooking apple, medium fruit with good flavour.
Cultivar
Sweet Alford - Heritage Apple
Type
Cider
Ripe
Late
Pollinator
Golden Delicious, Kingston Black
Comment
Small-medium with nice flavour.
Cultivar
Sweetie
Type
All purpose
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Self-fertile
Comment
Large, sweet crisp fruit.
Cultivar
Teachers Pet
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Golden Delicious, Granny Smith
Comment
Juicy and sweet, medium-size fruit.
Cultivar
Thumbelina Candy Crunch
Type
All purpose
Ripe
Late
Pollinator
Golden Delicious, C.A. Golden Hornet
Comment
Sweet, crisp and juicy.
Cultivar
Thumbelina Ruby Crunch
Type
All purpose
Ripe
Late
Pollinator
Golden Delicious, C.A. Golden Hornet
Comment
Small apples, sweet and juicy.
Cultivar
Tom Putt - Heritage Apple
Type
Cider
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Triploid - Egremont Russet, Freyberg
Comment
Large flattish fruit, sharp flavour.
Cultivar
Topaz
Type
All purpose
Ripe
Late
Pollinator
Royal Gala
Comment
Juicy, sweet medium fruit.
Cultivar
Tropicana - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Golden Delicious, Gala
Comment
Medium fruit with a "tropical" flavour.
Cultivar
Tydemans Late Orange - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Late
Pollinator
Fuji, Golden Delicious
Comment
Medium fruit, good cropper.
Cultivar
Vailles Early - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
V Early
Pollinator
Gala, Akane
Comment
Fruits early season, crisp and sweet.
Cultivar
Wandin Glory - Heritage Apple, Weeping
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Golden Delicious
Comment
Weeping tree, large sweet fruit.
Cultivar
Wellington
Type
All Eating
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Self-fertile
Comment
Large, sweet eating apple.
Cultivar
Winter Banana - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Late
Pollinator
Fuji, Golden Delicious
Comment
Crisp and tangy fruit, suits warmer climates.