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Apple Pollinators
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.  
Triploid Apples are the exception to the rule as they carry an extra set of chromosomes (3 rather than 2) and they require 2 pollination partners as per the chart below.

Ripening times are a general guide, provided by growers - Early = Feb-March, Mid = March-April, Late = April-May. 



Cultivar
20 Ounce - Heritage Apple
Type
Cooking
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Golden Delicious, Granny Smith

Cultivar
Adore
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Self-fertile

Cultivar
Akane
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Golden Delicious, Egremont Russet

Cultivar
Aorangi
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Gala, Golden Delicious

Cultivar
Ariane
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Self-fertile

Cultivar
Autento Dwarf
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Self-fertile

Cultivar
Ballarat - Heritage Apple
Type
Cooking
Ripe
Late
Pollinator
Golden Delicious, Granny Smith

Cultivar
Ballerina Bolero
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Egremont Russet or another Ballerina variety

Cultivar
Ballerina Flamenco
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Egremont Russet or another Ballerina variety

Cultivar
Ballerina Polka
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Egremont Russet, or another Ballerina variety

Cultivar
Ballerina Waltz
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Egremont Russet, or another Ballerina variety

Cultivar
Baujade
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Granny Smith, Royal Gala

Cultivar
Beauty of Bath - Heritage Apple
Type
Dessert
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Granny Smith, Coxs Orange Pippin

Cultivar
Belle du Boskoop - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Late
Pollinator
Triploid - Mother, Sir Prize, or a Crabapple

Cultivar
Bisquet
Type
Cider
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Self-fertile

Cultivar
Bledisloe Cox - Heritage Apple
Type
Dessert
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Golden Delicious, Granny Smith

Cultivar
Blenheim Orange - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid-Late
Pollinator
Triploid - Cox Orange Pippin, Gala

Cultivar
Blush Babe, Dwarf
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Self-fertile

Cultivar
Boskoop Rouge - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Triploid - Fuji, Granny Smith

Cultivar
Braeburn
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Late
Pollinator
Self-fertile

Cultivar
Bramley Seedling - Heritage Apple
Type
Cooking
Ripe
Mid-Late
Pollinator
Triploid Gala, Cox Orange Pippin 

Cultivar
Calville Blan D'Hiver - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Akane, Fuji, Gala

Cultivar
Cameusa de ll'obregrate - Heritage Apple
Type
Dessert
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Granny Smith, Golden Delicious

Cultivar
Captain Kidd Kay - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Granny Smith, Golden Delicious

Cultivar
Coxs Orange Pippin
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Royal Gala, Granny Smith

Cultivar
Dayton - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Gala, Cox Orange Pippin

Cultivar
Delbarestivale
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Royal Gala, Cox Orange Pippin

Cultivar
Devonshire Quarrenden - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Egremont Russet, Golden Delicious

Cultivar
Discovery - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Cox Orange Pippin, Gala, Freyberg

Cultivar
Divine
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Gala, Granny Smith

Cultivar
Egremont Russet - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Granny Smith, Golden Delicious

Cultivar
Fairbelle - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Late
Pollinator
Granny Smith, Golden Delicious

Cultivar
Freyberg - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Egremont Russet, Golden Delicious

Cultivar
Fuero Rous - Heritage Apple
Type
Cider
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Golden Delicious, Granny Smith

Cultivar
Fuji
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid-Late
Pollinator
Granny Smith, Golden Delicious

Cultivar
Gala
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Golden Delicious, Red Delicious

Cultivar
Galaxy
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Royal Gala, Golden Delicious

Cultivar
Golden Delicious - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Self-fertile

Cultivar
Golden Pippin - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose, Cider
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Granny Smith, Golden Delicious

Cultivar
Golden Reinette - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose, Cider
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Fuji, Gala

Cultivar
Golden Winter Pearman - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Granny Smith, Golden Delicious

Cultivar
Granny Smith - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid-Late
Pollinator
Self-fertile

Cultivar
Greenmeadows Cox
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Royal Gala, Golden Delicious

Cultivar
Harold Red Delicious
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Cox Orange Pippin, Golden Delicious

Cultivar
Hetlina - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Gala, Golden Delicious

Cultivar
Initial
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Golden Delicious, Akane

Cultivar
Irish Peach - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Golden Delicious, Granny Smith

Cultivar
Jonagold
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Triploid - Golden Delicious, Splendour

Cultivar
Kentish Fillbasket - Heritage Apple
Type
Cooking, Cider
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Triploid - G.Delicious, D.Quarrenden

Cultivar
Kidds Orange Red - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Egremont Russet, Golden Delicious

Cultivar
Kingston Black - Heritage Apple
Type
Cider
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Golden Delicious, Fuji

Cultivar
Lady in Red
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Akane, Coxs Orange Pippin

Cultivar
Laxons Fortune - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Fuji, Gala, Golden Delicious

Cultivar
Liberty - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Fuji, Golden Delicious

Cultivar
Little Rascal
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Golden Delicious, Granny Smith

Cultivar
Lobo - Heritage Apple
Type
Cooking
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Cox Orange Pippin, Granny Smith

Cultivar
Mayflower - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Granny Smith, Golden Delicious

Cultivar
Merton's Russet - Heritage Apple*
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Granny Smith, Cox Orange Pippin

Cultivar
Meta
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Royal Gala, Golden Delicious

Cultivar
Mischief
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Royal Gala, Golden Delicious

Cultivar
Montys Surprise
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Granny Smith, Fuji

Cultivar
Mother - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid-Late
Pollinator
Golden Delicious, Gala

Cultivar
Mother-in-Law - Heritage Apple
Type
Cider
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Granny Smith, Golden Delicious

Cultivar
Mutsu (Crispin)
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Triploid - Granny Smith, Splendour

Cultivar
Nonnetit Bastard - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid-Late
Pollinator
Granny Smith, Fuji

Cultivar
Northern Spy - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid-Late
Pollinator
Mother, Golden Delicious

Cultivar
Oratia Beauty - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Triploid - Egremont Russet, Irish Peach

Cultivar
Owen Thomas - Heritage Apple
Type
Cooking
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Fuji, Gala, Golden Delicious

Cultivar
Pacific Rose
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Gala, Golden Delicious, Granny Smith

Cultivar
Peasgood Nonsuch - Heritage Apple
Type
Cooking
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Cox Orange Pippin, Egremont Russet

Cultivar
Prima
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Self-fertile

Cultivar
Priscilla - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Self-fertile

Cultivar
Red Chief
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Cox Orange Pippin, Golden Delicious

Cultivar
Red Delicious
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Golden Delicious, Cox Orange Pippin

Cultivar
Red Gravenstein - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Triploid - Ariane, Egremont Russet

Cultivar
Reinette du Canada - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Late
Pollinator
Triploid -Fuji, Gala, Golden Delicious

Cultivar
Ribston Pippin - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Triploid - Cox Orange Pippin, Granny Smith

Cultivar
Royal Gala
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Golden Delicious, Red Delicious

Cultivar
Royal Wilding - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose, Cider
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Golden Delicious, Granny Smith

Cultivar
Scallywag Dwarf
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Golden Delicious, Splendour

Cultivar
Sidero
Type
Cider/Cook
Ripe
Late
Pollinator
Granny Smith, Fuji

Cultivar
Sir Prize
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Triploid - Gala, Granny Smith

Cultivar
Slack Ma Girdle - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose, Cider
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Irish Peach, Egremont Russet

Cultivar
Splendour
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Late
Pollinator
Fuji, Golden Delicious

Cultivar
Sturmer
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Late
Pollinator
Golden Delicious, Gala

Cultivar
Sunset
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Self-fertile

Cultivar
Sweet Alford - Heritage Apple
Type
Cider
Ripe
Late
Pollinator
Golden Delicious, Kingston Black

Cultivar
Takapuna Russet
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Late
Pollinator
Cox Orange Pippin, Kidds Orange Red

Cultivar
Teachers Pet
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Golden Delicious, Granny Smith

Cultivar
Telstar - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Golden Delicious, Splendour

Cultivar
Tentation
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Self-fertile

Cultivar
Thumbelina Candy Crunch
Type
All purpose
Ripe
Late
Pollinator
Golden Delicious, C.A. Golden Hornet

Cultivar
Thumbelina Golden Crunch
Type
All purpose
Ripe
Late
Pollinator
Golden Delicious, C.A. Golden Hornet

Cultivar
Thumbelina Ruby Crunch
Type
All purpose
Ripe
Late
Pollinator
Golden Delicious, C.A. Golden Hornet

Cultivar
Tom Putt - Heritage Apple
Type
Cider
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Triploid - Egremont Russet, Freyberg

Cultivar
Tropicana - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Mid
Pollinator
Golden Delicious, Gala

Cultivar
Tydemans Late Orange - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Late
Pollinator
Fuji, Golden Delicious

Cultivar
Vailles Early - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
V Early
Pollinator
Gala, Akane

Cultivar
Wandin Glory - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Golden Delicious

Cultivar
Winter Banana - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Late
Pollinator
Fuji, Golden Delicious

Cultivar
Worcester Pearmain - Heritage Apple
Type
All Purpose
Ripe
Early
Pollinator
Golden Delicious, Gala




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