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Wilks’  \n‘Ribston Pippin’ AGM (triploid, partial tip bearer)‘Ross Nonpareil’  \n‘Saint Edmund's Pippin’ AGM (partial tip bearer)‘Striped Beefing’  \n‘Warner's King’ AGM (triploid)  \n‘Washington’ (triploid)‘White Transparent’  \nFlowering Group 3  \nPollinated by groups 2, 3 & 4  \n‘Acme’  \n‘Alexander’ (syn. ‘Emperor Alexander’)‘Allington Pippin’  \n‘Arthur Turner’ AGM‘Barnack Orange’‘Baumann's Reinette’  \n‘Belle de Boskoop’ AGM (triploid)‘Belle de Pontoise’  \n‘Blenheim Orange’ AGM (triploid, partial tip bearer)‘Bountiful’  \n‘Bowden's Seedling’  \n‘Bramley's Seedling’ AGM (triploid, partial tip bearer)  \n‘Brownlees Russett’‘Charles Ross’ AGM  \n‘Cox's Orange Pippin’ */**‘Crispin’ (syn. ‘Mutsu’) (triploid) ***‘Delbarestivale’ AGM (syn. ‘Delcorf’)  \n‘Discovery’ AGM‘Duchess’s Favourite’‘Elstar’ AGM  \n‘Emneth Early’ AGM (syn. ‘Early Victoria’)  \n‘Epicure’ AGM (syn. ‘Laxton’s Epicure’) (partial tip bearer)‘Exeter Cross’  \n‘Exquisite’‘Falstaff’ AGM‘Felt ham Beauty’‘Fiesta’AGM  \n‘Fortune’ AGM (syn. ‘Laxton’s Epicure’)‘Gavin’  \n‘Granny Smith’‘Greensleeves’ AGM  \n‘Grenadier’ AGM‘Hambling's Seedling’‘Holstein’ (triploid) **‘Hormead Pearmain’‘James Grieve’ AGM‘Jerseymac’  \n‘John Standish’‘Jonagold’ AGM (triploid)‘Jonathan’  \n‘Jupiter’ AGM (triploid)  \n‘Karmijn de Sonnaville’ (triploid)‘Katy’ (syn. ‘Katja’)  \n‘Kidd's Orange Red’ AGM *  \n‘King of Tompkins County’ (triploid)‘King Russett’ AGM  \n‘Lane's Prince Albert ‘AGM‘Langley Pippin’ (partial tip bearer)‘Loddington’ (syn. ‘Stone's’)‘Lord Grosvenor’  \n‘Lord Hindlip’‘Malling Kent’  \n‘Mè re de Mé nage’  \n‘Merton Knave’‘Merton Prolific’‘Merton Russet’  \n‘Merton Worcester’ (partial tip bearer)‘Miller's Seedling’  \n‘Mutsu’ (syn. ‘Crispin’) (Triploid) ***‘New Hawthornden’  \n‘Norfolk Royal Russet’‘Ontario’  \n‘Peasgood's Nonsuch’ AGM‘Pi nova’  \n‘Polka’ (syn. ‘Trajan’)‘Queen’‘Red Devil’  \n‘Red Victoria’  \n‘Redsleeves’  \n‘Rei nette d u Canada’ (triploid)‘Rival’  \n‘Rosemary Russet’ AGM‘Rubinette’  \n‘Saint Cecilia’  \n‘Saint Everard’  \n‘Saturn’  \n‘Scotch Dumpling’‘Scrumptious’  \n‘Spartan’‘Stirling Castle’‘Sturmer Pippin’‘S.T. 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