Seargent Peggy

Accession no. YPC.2018.21. Planted Dec 2018

Malus domestica. Mid, Oxon.. Origin Oxon. c.1922

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Yellow and red apple on a bed of small pebbles.

Sergeant Peggy is a local Oxfordshire apple, raised by F.W Wastie of Eynsham in 1922 by crossing Blenheim Orange and Gloria Mundi. It was named by his son, J.F. Wastie after his own wife.


Sergeant Peggy is mainly a cooking apple but can be eaten when fully ripe. The tree has attractive dark pink buds and requires pollinators from group 3. The apples are ripe in October and will keep until January with good storage.



The apple is large, slightly conic and greenish yellow striped with light crimson. The flesh is firm, creamy white with a mellow flavour and keeps its shape when cooked.