TOP FRUIT~ 2011
Most gardens have room for at least one fruit tree and if you only have room for just a tree of any sort consider the benefits of a fruit tree rather than an ornamental form. Not only will you have a crop of the freshest fruit you have ever tasted but the pleasure of a tree laden with blossom in the spring - a huge benefit to our dwindling stocks of honey bees who depend on the nectar and pollen they gather while at the same time pollinating the fruit blossom.
All trees container
grown (usually 12lt pots) and are of the highest quality sourced from one of the
best UK specialist fruit tree nurseries.
Sorry - we are unable to mail order these trees
| Apple 'Bramley 20' | A compact form of the very popular cooking apple. Although 20% less vigorous it usually has heavier crops of large, green-yellow fruit with a strong acidic flavour; Sept-Oct. Stores well. Pollination Gp:3 - triploid so best with 2 pollinators. Bush on MM106. | Cooking Apple |
| Apple 'Bramley's Seedling' (AGM) | The most popular cooking variety bearing heavy crops of large green fruits with a red flush. Vigorous grower of spreading habit. Pollination GROUP2. Triploid ( requires 2 pollinators). Bush on MM106 | Cooking Apple |
| Apple 'Cox - self fertile' | An improved, self-fertile form bearing good crops of medium size fruit of classic flavour with flushed skin. Pick late September - stores well until December. Improved disease resistance. Pollination Gp: 3. Bush on MM106 | Eating Apple |
| Apple 'Discovery' | Early variety with medium-size, crisp, juicy, bright red suffused yellow fruit. Moderate growth habit; good disease resistance & frost tolerance. Pick: August. Use: August-September. Pollination Gp: 2. | Eating Apple |
| Apple 'Fiesta' | Excellent & easier 'Cox' derivative with medium-large, firm, yellow-flushed, bright red fruit of good flavour & the aroma & nuttiness of its parent. Reliable & heavy cropper. Pick early October for October-March use. Pollination GROUP 2. | Eating Apple |
| Apple 'Gala' | Medium-size, shiny, yellow fruit heavily flushed red, of good texture, crisp & sweet. Heavy cropper. Pick October for October-January use. Pollination GROUP 3. | Eating Apple |
| Apple 'Greensleeves' | Excellent variety similar to 'Golden Delicious' bearing heavy yields of crisp, pale green fruit of refreshing flavour. Pick September for eating September - November. Any reasonable soil in sun. Pollination Gp: 2 | Eating Apple |
| Apple 'Herefordshire Russset' | Acclaimed new variety best described as a russet with a 'Cox' flavour. Pick late September - stores well until late January. Heavy crops of small to medium size fruit of good texture. Appears to need little cross pollination. Bush on MM26. Pollination Gp: 3 | Eating Apple |
| Apple 'James Grieve' (AGM) | Excellent hardy, early variety with medium-large, yellow, orange-striped, soft-textured, tangy, juicy fruit. Reliable & heavy cropper. Pick early September for September-October use. Pollination GROUP 2 - partially self-fertile. | Eating Apple |
| Apple 'Laxtons Superb' | Popular late variety bearing medium-large, greenish-yellow flushed red fruit of good flavour & storing well. Pick early October for Nov-Feb use. May be a biennial cropper. Vigorous habit. Pollination GROUP 3. | Eating Apple |
| Apple 'Red Devil' | Striking scarlet-flushed, medium-size, crisp, juicy fruit with a strong 'fruity' flavour. Heavy cropper. Pick late September for October-December use. Pollination GROUP 2. Bush on MM106 | Apple - Eating |
| Apple 'Red Falstaff' | Shinying, red-orange, crisp and juicy fruit with wa well balanced flavour. Very heavy yields. Stores well and can be eaten throughout winter. Bush on MM106. Pollination Gp:3. Self fertile. | Eating Apple |
| Apple 'Red Windsor' | Very heavy crops of glowing rich-red fruit with a superb Cox type flavour; Sept. Ideal garden variety, very compact, good disease resistance and some blossom frost resistance. Bush on MM106. Pollination Gp: 2 - self fertile. | Eating Apple |
| Apple 'Reverend W Wilks' | The best early cooker bearing huge, green flushed pink fruit which bake superbly; August. Cooks to a light, sweet pale lemon puree hardly needing any sugar. Compact habit. Pollination Gp: 2. Bush on MM106 | Cooking Apple |
| Apple 'Scrumptious' | A superb variety bearing crisp, sweet, aromatic fruit with a complexity of fine flavours; Sept. Frost hardy in flower, neat habit and reliable cropper. Half-standard on MM106. Pollination Gp: 3 - self fertile. | Eating Apple |
| Apple 'Spartan' | Very juicy dark red fruit with a sweet, crisp white flesh. Pick early October for November - January eating. May be necessary to thin fruit during July. Any reasonable soil in sun. Polination Gp: 2. Bush on MM26 | Eating |
| Apple 'Sunset' | Heavy & regular crops of medium-size fruit similar to Cox - but easier to grow. Use: October - December. Pollination group: 2. Bush on MM26 | Eating |
| Apple 'Worcester Pearmain' (AGM) | Very popular, old variety - one of the earliest to ripen. Crisp, juicy, sweet, bright red fruit eaten, when fully ripe, straight off the tree; does not store. Regular & prolific when established. Pollination GROUP 2. Bush on MM106 | Eating |
| Asian Pear 'Kumoi' | Rounded, apple-like fruit with a rich, golden russet finish and flavour better than others in this group. The flesh is crisp, distinctly aromatic the refreshing taste quite unique, Keeps fresh in a 'fridge for many weeks. Self fertile | |
| Cherry 'Morello' | The most popular of the 'acid' cherries. Large fruit very sour at dark red stage for stewing becoming black & bitter sweet on maturity; August. Protect from birds. Compact & spreading habit. Plant in good deep soil. SELF FERTILE. | Cooking Cherry |
| Cherry 'Stella' | Excellent self-fertile variety with large, sweet, dark red or near black fruit of good flavour, late July. Makes a good pollinator for other cherries. Upright habit at first then spreading later. Any reasonable soil in sun. | Sweet Cherry |
| Cherry 'Sunburst' | The first self-fertile, black cherry. Large, sweet, near black fruit of excellent flavour; early July. Habit upright spreading with maturity. Any reasonable soil in sun. Self-fertile. Introduced from British Columbia. | Eating Cherry |
| Cydonia oblongata 'Serbian Gold' (Quince) | Highly productive variety bearing large, rounded, apple-like fruit; October. Makes superb jelly and liqueur! Very healthy tree with large, white, single flowers in spring. Self fertile. Half standard on Quince A. | Quince |
| Cydonia oblongata 'Lusitanica' (Quince) | (syn.C.o.'Portugal') An early ripening variety with large, yellow, pear-shaped fruit of high quality for cooking & preserving - fruit turns pink when cooked. Pick late September. Fertile, reasoanbly drained soil in sun. Half standard on Quince A. | Quince |
| Damson 'Shropshire Prune' | Oval, very deep purple, heavily bloomed fruits to 4cms (1.5ins) long; late September. Probably the best flavoured of all the damsons the flesh firm, sugary but astringent. Excellent for cooking, jam etc. Dwarf to medium-size trees of rounded habit. 1/2 std on St Julian A | Damson |
| Fig 'Brown Turkey' | (Ficus carica) Reliable & heavy cropper the oval fruit having red flesh of a rich, sweet flavour. Very popular variety for outdoor or indoor cultivation. Best crops if roots are restricted. Free draining, not too rich soil in a sheltered, sunny site. | Fig |
| Fig 'Ice Crystal' (Fig) | (Ficus carica - Female) Very hardy form with very attractive finely cut leaves looking like snow crystals which turn yellow in autumn. Self fertile with tasty reddish-brown fruit - can be shy to fruit when young. Well drained, sheltered site in sun. To: 4x4m. | Fig |
| Greengage 'Old English Gage' | Clusters of rounded, green fruits maturing to a lovely yellow-green mottled red. Very juicy, sweet, greenish-yellow flesh of wonderful flavour. Pick: late August to early September. Cultivated over many hundreds of years. | Greengage |
| Greengage 'Early Transparent Gage' | Rounded yellow fruits with red spotting & golden, melting flesh of excellent flavour - juicy & sweet. Regular & reliable cropper. Any reasonable soil in a sunny position. Self-fertile. Bush on St Julian A. | |
| Greengage 'Oulin's Gage' (AGM) | Gage-like plum with large, round, yellow, moderately sweet, transparent fruit; mid-August. Good for eating and freezing. Upright habit. Fertile soil in sun. Pollination group: 3 - self fertile. | |
| Greengage 'Stella Star' | New variety suitable for both eating & cooking. Green tinged yellow, juicy fruit of good flavour from a young age; early August. Bush form on St Julian A. Self fertile. | |
| Mespilus germanica (Medlar) | Spreading small tree, or large shrub, bearing russet-brown, open ended fruit which are picked and eaten when they are fully ripened on the tree. Large, single, white flowers in late spring. Any reasonable, fertile soil in sun or part shade. To: 6x6m. | Medlar |
| Morus nigra (Black Mulberry) | A small, very long lived, architectural tree with a wide, spreading head becoming gnarled with age. Clusters of succulent, dark red-black, edible fruit. Heart-shaped leaves are rough above & downy beneath. Well drained soil in a reasonably protected site. Ht: to 15m. | Black Mulberry |
| Morus nigra 'Wellington' (Black Mulberry) | (Female) An American cultiver of stronger, more upright habit. Heavy crops on mature plants with long, slender, cylindrical, rich reddish-purple fruit of good flavour ripening over along period through summer. Attractive yellow autumn colour.Sheltered site as the wood is brittle. To: 7x7m. | Black Mulberry |
| Peach 'Peregrine' (Fan Trained) | Reliable cropper bearing high yields of large, red skinned, very juicy fruit of good flavour; early August. One of the best varieties for growing against a south facing wall. | |
| Pear 'Beth' | High yields of medium-size, pale yellow fruits the white flesh sweet & juicy; late August into September. Upright grower soon coming into fruit. Any reasonable soil in sun. Pollination group: 2. Bush on Quince A | Eating Pear |
| Pear 'Concorde' | A new variety with juicy fruit of excellent flavour & similar to 'Conference'. Stores until January. Pollinate with Beurre Hardy, Conference, Doyenne du Commice or Williams Bon Chretien. Bush on Quince A | Eating Pear |
| Pear 'Conference' | Ever popular variety the long, narrow fruit becoming juicy, yet firm, when ripe. Reliable & heavy cropper. Pick late September - use October-November. Self fertile. Pollination GROUP 2. Bush on Quince A | Eating Pear |
| Pear 'Doyenne du Comice' | A rounded, golden-yellow pear - probably the best for flavour & texture - eat November-December. Only crops reliably under favourable sunny, sheltered, well drained conditions. Pollinate with Buerre Hardy or Concorde. Bush on Quince A. | Eating Pear |
| Pear 'Sensation' | A 'sport' from Williams Bon Chretien the very sweet and juicy, red skinned fruit having good texture. Matures in August. Red tinted foliage in spring. Pollinates with Comice, Conference & Winter Nellis. Pollination Gp: 2. Bush on Quince A. | |
| Pear 'Williams' Bon Chretien' | Popular old English variety with oval, smooth-skinned, very juicy fruit - sweet & of good flavour. Pick/eat September - does not store. Pollinate with Buerre Hardy, Conference. Bush on Quince A. | Eating Pear |
| Plum 'Marjories Seedling' | (Eating & Cooking) Large purple fruit with moderately sweet, yellow flesh. Late flowerer. Vigorous, upright grower. Very good cooking/freezing variety; suitable for eating when fully ripe. Pick: late September into October. Pollination group: C - self fertile. Bush on Pixie | |
| Plum 'Opal' | Medium-large, reddish-purple fruit having a distinct gage-like flavour the juicy, yellow flesh parting easliy from the stone; late July. An improvement on 'Early Laxton'. Tidy, easy to manage grower. Self-fertile. Pollination group: 2. Bush on St Julian A | |
| Plum 'Valour' | Large, dark purple fruit with succulent, greenish-yellow fruit; late September, A very useful late variety which keeps well. Good disease resistance. Introduced from Canada in 1968. Bush form on St Julian A. Self fertile. | Plum |
| Plum 'Victoria' (AGM) | Ever popular variety bearing heavy crops of large, oval fruit with pale red skin & juicy, sweet, golden-red flesh; September. May need thinning to avoid biennial cropping. Self fertile. Pollination group: 2. Bush on St Julian A |