Apple Trees
Fruit Plants, Fruit Trees, Fruit Bushes & Nut Trees
If you are going to plant a tree or bush, then it is going to be there for many years. It's well worth spending some time looking at the different varieties and going for one that will be productive and providing you with a good crop in years to come.
Time spent to prepare the ground properly will repay you many times over. Don't forget to stake the tree for the first few years and protect against rabbits.
There's a guide to growing apples on the site here: Grow Your Own Apples
Apple Tree - Lord Lambourne
Once assessed by 'Gardening from Which?' as the best all-round British garden apple, this is indeed a superb mid-season variety. The crisp, firm fruits are bursting with sweet juice! Ready to pick from September, they will keep well until Christmas! Pollination group 2.
Our apples are grafted onto an M26 rootstock which produces an easy-to-control semi-dwarf tree with medium vigour. Height 3m after 10 years.
Apple Maloni Lilly
A productive mini apple tree - perfect for patios This sweet-fruited, scab-resistant apple produces a small, bushy, prolific-cropping tree, about half the size of a normal apple tree, making it the perfect choice for growing in a container on the patio or a small area of the garden. The fruit are medium sized, dark pink skinned and great tasting, and can be picked from mid September and stored until beginning of March. Supplied in a 5 litre pot.
Apple Golden Delicious
Light crisp flesh, bursting with sweet juice, delicious aroma This well-known apple can be found in lunch boxes and fruit bowls across the world, but you can bet that the taste of those you buy in the supermarket cannot rival that of the ones you grow yourself! The light, crisp flesh is bursting with sweet juice and a delicious aroma. Although famous as eating apples, they are also great for sauces, fruit sorbets and salads. Ready to pick in late October, they will store for up to 8 months in perfect cool, dry conditions! Supplied in a 9 litre pot bag.
Apple Discovery
Compact trees, ideal for small gardens Probably the best early eating apple with an excellent texture and flavour - crisp, juicy and sweet (it's a great variety for making juice). The tree's compact size makes it ideal for smaller gardens. Discovery has an early flowering season and needs to be grown in the company of another pollinator or self-fertile apple for both to fruit. Supplied in a 9 litre pot bag.
Apple : Bramley's Seedling
All Bramleys are 'triploids' and will set a partial crop by themselves. However pollination will be improved by having another apple tree near by, this can be in yours or a neighbours garden because the bees will happily travel a short distance to do the work.
Apple Crab Tree - John Downie
Not only is this upright apple variety highly ornamental in the garden giving masses of soft pink blossom in spring but it's an excellent pollinator for other apples. The yellow/orange fruits of John Downie are large for a crab and make the finest, clear crab apple jelly. Delicious eaten with meats and cheeses or just spread on buttery toast! RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. Pollination group 3. Supplied as a bare root tree.
Our apples are grafted onto an M26 rootstock which produces an easy-to-control semi-dwarf tree with medium vigour. Height 3m after 10 years.
Apple : Braeburn
Britain's No.1 eating apple.
Capable of producing huge crops of round to long, bi-coloured, smooth skinned, crisp and juicy fruits.
Ready to harvest from mid October and will store for up to 4 months.
Apple Tree - Bramley (Clone 20)
Britains most loved cooking apple! Less vigorous and more controllable than regular Bramley. Will provide a huge crop. Is a triploid variety so will need 2 other apples nearby for pollination. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner.
Apple Tree - Braeburn (Clone Helena)
Braeburn is one of the best-selling apple varieties in Britain and can now (thanks to this earlier cropping new clone) be grown very successfully in UK gardens. Pick from mid October and store for up to 4 months without losing the superb crisp texture! Grown on M26 rootstock. Pollination group 3. Supplied as a bare root tree.
Apple : Britain's Favourites Collection
Collection comprises 1 tree each of
Braeburn
Cooking Apple Bramley
Cox's Orange Pippin
Apple : Cox's Orange Pippin
Often considered the finest tasting dessert apple. Medium sized rosy apples have thin skins and a crisp texture followed by sweet and juicy flesh.
A bumper crop will be ready to harvest in the autumn.
Apple : Egremont Russet
A self-fertile mid-season dessert variety. Producing a heavy crop of distinctive russet-bronze fruits,with crisp soild flesh and a rich, nutty flavour. An excellent apple for the cheese board. An easy variety to crop and makes an excellent pollinator for Cox and Braeburn. Harvest in October, and keeps well until January.
Apple : Pinova
Pinova is 'The Wonder Apple' as it has a lovely flavour which is not surprising when it has both Golden Delicious and Cox as part of its breeding. The delicious smooth skinned fruits are ready to eat in September, but will hang on the tree until December. Plus it has scab and partial mildew resistance, and stores exceptionally well.
Apple : Red Falstaff
A dwarf variety well suited to pot growing. Trees have small extension growth each year, followed by a mass of easy setting blossom and good size delicious fruit. Trees have frost tolerance and the fruits show good resistance to scab.
Crab Apple : Golden Hornet
A small, deciduous, fruit-bearing tree, suitable for small gardens. Grown for flowers in the spring and a plentiful, spectacular display of golden-yellow fruits from early autumn until well into the winter months. The flowers will attract bees and fruits attract the birds. Self fertile.
Crab Apple : John Downie
One of the most popular crab apples for jelly making. Pretty white blossom is produced in April-May followed by large orange and red crab apples in October.
Crab Apple : Red Sentinel
Red Sentinel is one of the most attractive varieties of Crab Apple, with a profusion of white scented flowers in May, followed by red fruits in time for Christmas.
Apple & Pear Family Collection
Collection comprises 1 family apple tree and 1 family pear. Harvest from September.
Family apple tree varieties:
Apple 'James Grieve' - An excellent dual-use apple for cooking and eating.
Apple 'Discovery' - An ever-popular early variety of dessert apple with a refreshing juicy flavour.
Apple 'Sunset' - A good alternative to the desirable 'Cox' variety, and much easier to grow.
Family pear varieties:
Pear 'Conference' - One of the best known dessert pears, and tolerant of even cold, shady positions.
Pear 'Williams Bon Chretien' - Often simply known as 'Williams', the fruits of this superb pear turn yellow as flesh ripens.
Pear 'Doyenne du Comice' - A classic dessert pear with a sweet, juicy flavour.
Apple : Family Apple Tree
The ideal trees for small gardens. Three varieties have been grafted onto one tree and will crop at different times, so extending the picking season. Will grow in a container holding at least 30 litres of compost.
If you only have room for one tree, then this is the tree for you!
Varieties:
Apple 'James Grieve' - An excellent dual-use apple for cooking and eating.
Apple 'Discovery' - An ever-popular early variety of dessert apple with a refreshing juicy flavour.
Apple 'Sunset' - A good alternative to the desirable 'Cox' variety, and much easier to grow.
Apple Charles Ross
For eating, cooking or cider-making A Victorian apple resulting from a cross between Cox's Orange Pippin and Peasgood Nonsuch. Named after the head gardener in the late 1800s at Welford Park in Berkshire, its taste is sharp with a tang of orange when freshly picked (although it sweetens when it has been stored for a bit). White-fleshed, Charles Ross can also be cooked and, as it's really juicy, it also makes great cider. Supplied in a 9 litre pot bag.
Apple Braeburn (Clone Helena)
Crisp, juicy fruit to eat all winter Braeburn is one of the best-selling varieties in Britain and can now (thanks to this earlier cropping clone) be grown very successfully in UK gardens. Pick from mid October and store for up to 4 months without losing the superb crisp texture!
Apple Tree - Lord Lambourne
Once assessed by 'Gardening from Which?' as the best all-round British garden apple, this is indeed a superb mid-season variety. The crisp, firm fruits are bursting with sweet juice! Ready to pick from September, they will keep well until Christmas! Pollination group 2.
Apple (Cooking) Bramley (Clone 20)
The best-loved cooking apple. It's 200 years since this famous cooking apple was discovered. Our clone 20 is a big improvement on regular Bramley. It's less vigorous and more controllable in the garden and will also give you a significantly heavier crop. Deservedly renowned for its excellent cooking qualities. Note that it needs at least two other apples in the locality for pollination. Pick October for use throughout winter. Recommended for freezing.
Apple (Cooking) Arthur Turner
A heavy-cropping apple A reliably heavy cropping cooking apple. It makes a good sauce and is a first rate baking apple cooking to a soft, richly-flavoured puree. The ripe fruit have blushing pink-brown highlights over the green skin. A vigorous, hardy tree, it is great for frosty areas in the South and sheltered areas up North. Harvest from August to November. Awarded an AGM for its flowers. Supplied in a 9 litre pot bag.
Apple Tree - Queen Cox Self Fertile
The Nations Favourite! Will set great fruits without a pollinator. Fruit is juicy and sweet with a typical mellow 'Cox' taste. Deep red flush, excellent keeper. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner.
Apple Tree - Worcester Pearmain
Early season variety with bright red fruit with sweet white flesh. Excellent in colder areas. Highly effective pollinator for other varieties. Eating apple. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. (An English Heritage fruit variety.)
Crab Apple - John Downie
Not only is this upright apple variety highly ornamental in the garden giving masses of soft pink blossom in spring but it's an excellent pollinator for other apples. The yellow/orange fruits of John Downie are large for a crab and make the finest, clear crab apple jelly.
Bella Bionda Patrizia
If you love the taste of Golden Delicious apples, then this is the superior new apple variety that you should be growing. It's scab- and mildew-resistant, and the fruits contain more sugar and acid, plus it'll reliably crop in its second year after planting! Harvest late September-October.
Blenheim Orange
Introduced in 1740 in Oxfordshire, this is a heavy cropping, disease-resistant russet apple with a crumbly texture and excellent and distinctive nutty flavour. For use October-December. A good attractant and nectar source for bees and other beneficial insects. Requires a pollinator.
Malini Fresco
A superb little pillar tree, which is ideal for patios and terraces, boasting all the same great attributes as its sister variety, Dulcessa, but with firm, juicy white flesh and a touch less sweetness. Grown on M26 rootstock.
Malini LU 72/06
This apple variety will produce a superb columnar tree, growing to a maximum height of approximately 2.2m (7'). It's ideal for growing in a large container on the patio (minimum 30 litre pot), or a small area in the garden, and is scab- and fireblight-resistant too. The tasty sweet-sour fruits are ready to harvest at the end of August.
Queen Cox Self Fertile
Cox apples are justifiably one of the nation's favourites and this self-fertile clone sets good crops without the need for pollinators, making it particularly easy to grow. The apples are juicy and sweet, with the typical mellow 'Cox' taste, although it has a deeper red flush than the usual Cox. Pick from late September, and eat all the way through to January. Supplied as a bare root tree.
Worcester Pearmain
Introduced in 1874, this apple variety will produce a good crop of medium to large bright red/orange apples with firm white flesh with a flavour reminiscent of strawberries. It does well in cold spots and is a highly effective pollinator for other apple trees.
Britain's Favourites Collection
Collection comprises 1 tree each of:
Apple 'Braeburn' - This well known dessert variety earns its popularity by being easy to grow, early to crop from a young age, and having excellent storage potential.
Apple 'Bramley's Seedling' - The most famous cooking apple of all, producing large fruits with a sharp acidic flavour that are ideal for making delicious pies and crumbles.
Apple 'Cox's Orange Pippin' - Regarded to be the finest tasting dessert apple, the rich aromatic flavour and crisp, juicy texture set this apple apart from other varieties.
Pixirosso
When fully ripe, the fresh, crisp flesh is a spectacular bright pink-red colour, with dramatic white flashes running through it. Unlike many red-fleshed apples that have been bred in the past this delicious and visually stunning apple has a lovely sweet flavour. Apple 'Pixirosso' is a vigorous grower with pretty red blossom and attractive red foliage. The fruits can be harvested from October.
Tydemans Late Orange
A popular cross between 'Laxton's Superb' and 'Cox's Orange Pippin', producing Cox-style apples with a later season and sharper flavour. Early November harvests of Apple 'Tydemans Late Orange' are intensely rich and aromatic with a tangy, sharp flavour. Later, the fruit mellows and sweetens, storing well through to April.
Grafted onto a dwarfing rootstock, the crowns of 'Tydemans Late Orange' apple trees are easily reached to prune, spray and pick your delicious fruit. Apple 'Tydemans Late Orange' is self fertile making it ideal for gardens where there is only room for one tree. Height and spread: 3m (10') Rootstock: M26.
Isaac Newton
Each tree comes with certification that the tree has been DNA verified as a direct descendant of the original tree in Woolthorpe Manor Gardens. The variety is known as the 'Flower of Kent', and produces hefty cooking apples with an old-fashioned, bumpy shape. The green skin flushes red where the sun shines on it and the fruit cooks to a soft puree with a refined, sweet flavour.
Grafted onto a dwarfing rootstock, the crowns of 'Isaac Newton's' apple trees are easily reached to prune, spray and pick your delicious fruit. Apple 'Flower of Kent' is not self fertile so it is best grown with another variety to ensure good pollination.
James Grieve
A superb RHS AGM variety that makes a fantastic cooking apple and a delicious dessert apple too! Harvest the fruits in early September for refreshingly sharp apples that hold their shape well during cooking. A few weeks later the fruits mature, taking on a sweet flavour and soft texture that makes the perfect dessert fruit. This versatile variety is also renowned for its juicy flesh which is ideal for juicing.
Grafted onto a semi dwarfing rootstock, the crowns of 'James Grieve' apple trees are easily reached to prune, spray and pick your delicious fruit. Apple 'James Grieve' is partially self fertile but it is best grown with another variety to ensure good pollination.
Crab Apple - Royalty
A particularly attractive tree, Crab Apple 'Royalty' is unmistakeable for its dark mahogany foliage that turns to scarlet in Autumn. The deep pink springtime apple blossom is followed by dark red fruits that make a fabulous crab apple jelly. Any unpicked fruits will soften after a few frosts to create a sumptuous food source for wild birds. Crab apples are self fertile and if planted near orchard apple trees make excellent pollinators. Rootstock: M6. Height and spread: 3m (10').
Estimated time to cropping once planted: 1 year.
Estimated time to best yields: 3 years.
Pinova
Dessert apple 'Pinova' boasts a lovely flavour which is not surprising when it has both Golden Delicious and Cox in its parentage. The delicious, smooth skinned, yellow-orange fruits are ready to harvest from September, but will hang on the tree until December, and store well for up to 3 months if picked. Apple 'Pinova' is easy to grow and also has excellent resistance to mildew and scab.
Grafted onto a dwarfing rootstock, the crowns of 'Pinova' apple trees are easily reached to prune, spray and pick your delicious fruit. 'Pinova' is not self-fertile so for the heaviest crops it is best grown with another variety.
Croquella
The naturally dwarf habit of Apple 'Croquella' makes this French variety perfect for growing in containers. Good crops of bright red apples with crisp white flesh can be harvested from September onwards. This compact apple tree takes on a rather oriental appearance as it ages which forms a particularly attractive patio fruit tree.
Apple 'Croquella' is partially self-fertile, but for the heaviest crops it is best grown with another variety to ensure good pollination.
Apple Redlove Era
The world's first delicious red-fleshed apple A new eating experience! The world's first fine-tasting and scab-resistant red-fleshed apple, Redlove's
Uniquely coloured - Rosy-red flesh with a beautiful pattern running through it.
Deliciously tasty - Crisp and juicy with a hint of berries.
Even better for you - Higher in antioxidants than other apples.
Disease resistant - Exceptionally high resistance to scab.
Attractive in the garden - Unusual, long-lasting, deep pink spring blossom.
Versatile in the kitchen - Delicious eaten raw but also ideal for cooking.
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