Apple tree variety database?

Does anyone have a link to a site with such a thing?

I would like to see which varieties grow well here or in the surrounding area before I go ahead and find, then make a purchase.

many thanks.

Steve...

 

http://www.ncorchards.co.uk/fruit.ncog

 

Thanks spruce, I already have that list but as I know its quite incomplete I was hoping for a national database. I know or have heard of at lest 4 varieties, not on that cumbrian list. It is however very good.

Steve...

 

It might be a long shot, but what about emailing the people that look after the lost gardens of Heligan? I know they have a 'research orchard', where they test what they've learned in theory. From the info they post about there, they have put a lot of research into the subject, as their motives don't appear to be to become commercial apple growers, you never know, they might share a some of their knowledge and references.

 

This may help: http://www.keepers-nursery.co.uk/search2.aspx

 

I found a website yesterday which has reviews for many apple varieties, some good reading: http://www.orangepippin.com/apples