New to gardening: trying to identify an apple tree

[smck75]

Hi all, I've attached a few pics in the hope that someone can identify this type of apple growing in my back gardening.

Many thanks

[FB.]

What's your location?
How old is the tree?
What uses and flavour are the fruit?
When are the fruit ripe? (the white pips suggest the fruit isn't ripe yet)
Any other information you can add?

[smck75]

What's your location?
How old is the tree?
What uses and flavour are the fruit?
When are the fruit ripe? (the white pips suggest the fruit isn't ripe yet)
Any other information you can add?

We only moved into the house this year so we have limited information unfortunately.

I'm in Central Scotland (Falkirk)
The plot/house is 10years old, the tree stands approx 7feet tall.
Unknown use and flavour as of yet
I've noticed the apples are starting to become more red this month.

[FB.]

That information narrows it down quite a bit.
So it's likely to be an early-season to early-middle-season apple, probably widely available and popular in the last decade, probably eating apple judging by the modern trend for eaters to be red and cookers to be green, probably suited to cooler climates and shorter seasons, probably diploid (not triploid) judging by the shape of the leaves and the healthy-looking pips.

Top of my shortlist would be Discovery, George Cave, Devonshire Quarrenden, Scrumptious, Tydeman's Early Worcester, Katy, Worcester Pearmain.

More than likely it'll turn out to be the very widely grown Discovery, probably on a common rootstock such as MM106 (possibly M26) but just happens to be about three weeks later-ripening "in the frozen North" compared to here "in sunny East Anglia".

More information would be desirable if/when you can think of anything. More pictures, such as apples closer to being fully ripe and pics of the blossom next spring, would be useful.

[FB.]

Links to reputable websites' pages for Discovery:

Apple - Discovery - tasting notes, identification, reviews

Discovery apple trees for sale | Order online

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Apple Trees from Bernwode Fruit Trees. Old Traditional Varieties 14

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[smck75]

Many thanks for your comments/advice, it's all very useful

Will post an update in a few weeks as you suggested.