Breeding targets

• Early season dessert apples
• Flavour intensity
• Welsh provenance
• Triploid selections
• Resistance to Scab
• Resistance to Codling Moth
• Using 'wild' apple trees

Crossing *

• Location
• Choice of parental trees
• Preparation of flowers for pollination
• Hand Pollination

Seedling production

• Harvesting and seed treatment
• Planting seeds
• Seedling care during first year
• Care during subsequent years
• Flowering 
• Selection and scoring

Pests and Diseases

• Thrips
• Caterpillars and aphids
• Diseases