Applevariety
Jester
A dessert apple with white flesh and whitish-yellow skin, round-conical in shape, raised in 1966 and introduced in 1981; juicy and crisp. Picked in early October.
Origin · East Malling Research Station, Kent
Released 1981
Taste & texture
- Bite
- crisp
- Juiciness
- juicy
- Used for
- Dessert apple
Origin & family
Where Jester began
Recorded origin
East Malling Research Station, Kent
- Released
- 1981
Jester’s family
6 varieties · 5 recorded linksArrows follow parents → children
This variety
Jester
East Malling Research Station, Kent
Photo: National Fruit Collection, Brogdale · UK Open Government Licence v2.0
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Field notes
Original source notes
Fruit & tree
- parentage
- Worcester Pearmain x Starkspur Golden Delicious
Photos

National Fruit Collection, BrogdaleUK Open Government Licence v2.0 Whole and cut, from the UK National Fruit Collection.