Beauty of Bath apple

Beauty of Bath apple identification images

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USDA identification images for Beauty of Bath

The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.

Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.

Visitor reviews

• 10 Jan 2024 

  Perhaps my climate, but stright off the tree - floury and acidic.
• 13 Oct 2023 

  I have a Beauty of Bath tree in my allotment - planted by a previous owner. Had it identified at a local Apple Day. Lovely taste, but sadly don’t get many growing to a good eating size. Need to get pruning advice for the coming season!
• 22 Sep 2022 

  Beauty of Bath was the first apple in my life. I was born in what is now Oxfordshire, and there was Beauty of Bath tree in the garden. When I was a kid I'd pick up a few from the ground, climb into a yew tree, and read and eat. Such a memory! I would love to get them, but I have lived in New York most of my life, and they don't seem to be grown here. W.G Sebald mentions them in passing in one of his books.
• 17 Sep 2020  ENGLAND, United Kingdom

  My Beauty of Bath apple tree has now completely dropped it's harvest. We've had a net system around the base so that I could save them from getting bruised. It worked so well and the apples have lasted a lot longer. I think I must have gotten about 400 useable apples this year. Some were HUGE! I've made apple crumble, apple stew, apple compot, coronation apple chutney, apple & lavender jam, apple flapjacks, it's been amazing! The apples are so sweet you don't need to add sugar. My dad has loved them so much that he's even looking to now get a tree!
• 30 Aug 2011  PERTHSHIRE, United States

  We have just harvested a box of Beauty of Bath apples from on old tree in the village and are planning to freeze the apples washed and whole in order to keep them for our apple pressing day in October. It has not been a good year for apples in Scotland but this particular tree which normally bears very little fruit has borne its largest crop for a number of years. Fascinating. Very pretty tree
• 03 Aug 2011  CHIPPENHAM, United Kingdom

  We have a Beauty of Bath apple tree in our garden and this has been really useful to learn a bit more about it. Can anyone tell me when they are due for picking? It is the start of August and I've already got loads of apples falling off the tree, but they don't seem as big as last year. The tree was cut back earlier this year so I wasn't sure whether that would affect the size of the apples? Also, this site seems to be saying that the apples don't keep once picked - I take it this means they can't be put into storage? Any advice gratefully received!
• 24 Mar 2011  TASMANIA, Australia

  Good website. I am the new manager of the old department of agriculture Heritage apple collection in Tasmania, Australia. At between 700 - 800 commercial and heritage lines it is the largest collection of Pome fruit in Australia.
• 01 Jan 2010  United Kingdom

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Where to buy trees

The following tree nurseries offer Beauty of Bath apple trees for sale:

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Where to buy fresh fruit

The following orchards grow Beauty of Bath:

United Kingdom

• England - midlands

  • The Vyne, Basingstoke
  • Walsgrove Farm, Worcester

• England - north

  • Pickering Road Community Orchard, Hull

• England - south-east

  • Crapes Fruit Farm, Colchester
  • Holton Orchards, Halesworth

• England - south-west

  • Charlton Orchards, Taunton

Australia

• Victoria

  • Heritage Fruits Society, Fairfield

References

• Apples of England (1948)
  Author: Taylor
• Fruit Expert
  Author: Hessayon