The tree moderately vigorous, rounded and spreading, and productive. It is resistant to scab.

Once the most widely available early commercial apple in the UK, Beauty of Bath has been replaced by modern cultivars with better shelf life. That said, this is still a lovely apple for the back yard. Ripening early August in NY, the fruit is quite tart when harvested - as you would expect from such an early apple - but it will sweeten if allowed (and it holds to the tree long enough) to ripen fully. It bruises easily and does not store well. This apple is for picking and eating, a celebration of the beginning of apple season. One of its most distinctive features is the bleeding of the skin to produce a pink tinge in the flesh when it is cut.

Beauty of Bath was introduced by Cooling of Bath c. 1864. It received a First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1887.

Images from USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection, Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, Maryland.