The list and information below are the product of a number of years research to locate the indigenous apple varieties of Gloucestershire. All varieties listed here have either been found growing in Gloucestershire, are unrecorded in literature and are thought to be indigenous varieties, or are recorded in literature as Gloucestershire varieties.
See also: listing of varieties in the Mother Tree Orchard, listing of varieties in the GAC (Gloucestershire Apple Collection), Charles Martell's book, Native Apples of Gloucestershire
Note: All the 'french' suffixed varieties are presumed to be from Gloucestershire, 'french' being the local expression for bittersweet cider varieties. In Herefordshire, the equivalent term is 'norman', in Somerset 'jersey'. Similarly 'styre' is considered a Gloucestershire term from the Anglo Saxon meaning 'lively'.
Status codes
- Not endangered - more than 20 sites currently known
- Endangered, 10 to 20 sites
- Critical, 10 sites or fewer
